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Having my back to glass would drive me insane, and evidently all of the offices are like that: http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#528531973
by mynameishere 18y ago
Having my back to glass would drive me insane, and evidently all of the offices are like that:
http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#5285319734508515010 http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#52853...
Check out all of the famous series 7 chairs:
http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#5285319577602349138 http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#52853...
It's got that not-quite-a-prison institutional look to it. That's great if you're running a high school in the poorest district in Mississippi, but given his budget [1] you'd think it would look nice.
I've got a private office, and the landlord charged my company nothing to throw up walls and doors in the empty space we rented. Maybe it's impossible to avoid Veblen goods in NYC, though.
[1] http://www.gibraltarfurniture.com/malik-mc-c-2201.html http://www.gibraltarfurniture.com/malik-mc-c-2201.html That's right. It's 300 dollars.
- jonknee 18y ago> That's great if you're running a high school in the poorest district in Mississippi That's just an absurd statement. The design is very high-end, perhaps you just don't like the modern look?
- mynameishere 18y agoMaybe it's "high end". But all of these are better: http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctony/2486595834/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctony/2486595834/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewiedewie/2377292918/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewiedewie/2377292918/ http://la.eater.com/uploads/2008_02_mcdonalds-thumb.jpg http://la.eater.com/uploads/2008_02_mcdonalds-thumb.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/meteorry/17414425/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/meteorry/17414425/ There's a McDonald's down the street from me similarly superior to Joel's lunchroom, which resembles none of the above. It was clearly patterned after a high-school cafeteria.
- d-rex 18y agoActually only the two interior offices have that layout. All the other offices have the desk facing a real wall with another behind it, and glass on the left and right. Oh and the same room from another angle looks much less like a prison: http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#5285319755022401170 http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#52853...
- mynameishere 18y agoYeah, the view is sweet, but even the pigeons get it.
- anewaccountname 18y ago>That's right. It's 300 dollars. Wow; apparently my old highschool should sell the chairs in lunchroom to raise a quick million dollars.