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So when you need a bigger space, make sure it's at least as poorly constructed and ill-suited to the task as your current space? Maybe the lesson (for tech com
by WiseWeasel 13y ago
So when you need a bigger space, make sure it's at least as poorly constructed and ill-suited to the task as your current space?
Maybe the lesson (for tech companies) should be to postpone leasing high-rent office space until you're confident you'll be able to afford it for a while.
- cortesoft 13y agoSeriously... I am curious as to what alternative the author proposes? Pack people in even tighter? Never grow your workforce? Make people work from home? This sounds like a someone saying "At lunch I ate too much food and now I feel sick. No one should ever eat food!"
- wmf 13y agoA possibly-relevant anecdote from How Buildings Learn: Apparently one of the best-loved buildings at MIT was a "temporary" building erected during WWII that stood for several decades. Due to its "temporary" nature and cheap construction people didn't hesitate to make any ad-hoc modifications that seemed useful at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_20 The architectural marvel of the Media Lab ended up being a lot less flexible in exchange for better fit and finish.