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Here 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 wi

by spolsky 14y ago

Here 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 ago
Win! ...but why is such a space, respectful of a balance between personal and communal, such anathema to those authorizing office design?
- estel 14y ago
  Because it's a large upfront expense from which they can't see the longer term benefits to productivity and output.
mhurron 14y ago
I love how the system admins look like they're just stuffed in what would have otherwise been a closet.
- gergles 14y ago
  Yeah, 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?
  - amykhar 14y ago
    But we ARE special and unique snowflakes :D
  - asolove 14y ago
    Have you ever met a sysadmin? This actually looks like the exact office most of the ones I know would want.
    - gergles 14y ago
      I am a sysadmin, and I can guarantee that I would much much much prefer a private office to a shoebox in the basement with somebody else crammed in there.
      - gaius 14y ago
        The work of the modern sysadmin is nearly indistinguishable from that of the developer.