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> We must reserve a back room [une arriereboutique] all our own, entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude A

by klez 2y ago

> We must reserve a back room [une arriereboutique] all our own, entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude And thus the man-cave was born :) My dream house would have a big study with books covering the walls floor to ceiling and a big wooden desk in the middle, like the one in Palazzo Revoltella in Trieste[0][1] (by the way, goo see the Museo Rivoltella if you ever go to Trieste). The current small room I work from is something already. At least I can close the door when I call customers and team-mates. Heaps better than when I had to work from the living room. But a bit more room (and not having to share the space with the pantry) would be nice. [0] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/47/20/3347206a9602a062ee8fd94b316519fb.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/47/20/3347206a9602a062ee8f... [1] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/04/99/fb/0499fb98b756a2511c40172954d35981.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/04/99/fb/0499fb98b756a2511c40...

mapt 2y ago
Add a copy of Library Genesis in a rack in a closet.
- contingencies 2y ago
  This. And a garden, and a microscope, and an electronics lab, and a mechanical workshop.
082349872349872 2y ago
> At least I can close the door Just as a reminder for the youth: in the ancient times, doors used to be de rigueur for professional software folk. (I don't know which of you all messed that up, but whoever they are ought to be ashamed of themselves)
- klez 2y ago
  When we moved office from one with actual rooms with max 4 people in it to an open space I cried a little internally. Our boss proceeded to extol the virtues of an open space for exchange of ideas and collaboration. Guess who was a stable occupant of one of the conference rooms after less than one month and stopped coming to the office altogether after a while. Working from home now is bliss. If I'll ever start working in a shared workspace again I want an actual office.
- _0ffh 2y ago
  I remember seeing a guy selling his book about practical software engineering and project management at a trade show some 25 years ago. One of his claims was that he had a statistic that showed that a closeable door and muteable telephone resulted in 10x productivity for programmers / sw-engs.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    Turn your 1x programmer into a 10x programmer with this one weird trick!
    - 082349872349872 2y ago
      Or at least your 0.1x into a 1x?

by klez 2y ago

mapt 2y ago

Add a copy of Library Genesis in a rack in a closet.

contingencies 2y ago
This. And a garden, and a microscope, and an electronics lab, and a mechanical workshop.

082349872349872 2y ago

> At least I can close the door Just as a reminder for the youth: in the ancient times, doors used to be de rigueur for professional software folk. (I don't know which of you all messed that up, but whoever they are ought to be ashamed of themselves)

klez 2y ago
When we moved office from one with actual rooms with max 4 people in it to an open space I cried a little internally. Our boss proceeded to extol the virtues of an open space for exchange of ideas and collaboration. Guess who was a stable occupant of one of the conference rooms after less than one month and stopped coming to the office altogether after a while. Working from home now is bliss. If I'll ever start working in a shared workspace again I want an actual office.
_0ffh 2y ago
I remember seeing a guy selling his book about practical software engineering and project management at a trade show some 25 years ago. One of his claims was that he had a statistic that showed that a closeable door and muteable telephone resulted in 10x productivity for programmers / sw-engs.
- fragmede 2y ago
  Turn your 1x programmer into a 10x programmer with this one weird trick!
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    Or at least your 0.1x into a 1x?