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Great and clever if you can, and do on an hourly basis, pack your entire office into a briefcase - and can stand working in a cafe environment for prolonged per
by ctdonath 14y ago
Great and clever if you can, and do on an hourly basis, pack your entire office into a briefcase - and can stand working in a cafe environment for prolonged periods. Obviously made for a building full of on-the-go types for whom a fixed office is a waste of space.
But not for those of us who can't shove our dual- or giant-monitor quad-core computers and sprawled testing platforms into a briefcase. Nor for those who settle in 8-12 hours a day, 5-8 days a week, to the same chair and no desire to hunt around for a different one because someone moved into "yours". Nor for those who don't take irrelevant noise/distractions well (as I sit across the hall from a factory).
Ya know, I'd like to see a slick photo layout/montage of developer's offices, ya know those things with walls that go to the ceiling, doors that close, opaque walls, and windows that reveal a view that's inspirational to creativity & productivity.
- spolsky 14y agoHere ya go: http://www.fogcreek.com/careers.html http://www.fogcreek.com/careers.html (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a slideshow of Fog Creek's setup with individual private offices for developers)
- ctdonath 14y agoWin! ...but why is such a space, respectful of a balance between personal and communal, such anathema to those authorizing office design?
- estel 14y agoBecause it's a large upfront expense from which they can't see the longer term benefits to productivity and output.
- mhurron 14y agoI love how the system admins look like they're just stuffed in what would have otherwise been a closet.
- gergles 14y agoYeah, that part of Fog Creek has always amused me to no end. ~Developers~ are special and unique snowflakes who need a private office and a personal happy-ending masseuse, but sysadmins can work from the bottom of a shoebox, because fuck those guys, right?