OK, I'm jealous. That place is a million times better than the beige hell I put up with 40 hours/week. As much as I want to work for myself (and I am working

OK, I'm jealous. That place is a million times better than the beige hell I put up with 40 hours/week. As much as I want to work for myself (and I am working on that), if I had to work for someone else and I had to go to their place to do it, that place seems pretty sweet. Although, I'm sure you get used to it the longer you work there. Regardless of how nice the place looks, if the work is boring/crappy, you'll still hate going there and doing it. That's not to say that workplace surroundings aren't meaningful; they most definitely are. If the work is fun and interesting, good working environments (they don't have to be as lavish as IAC) make it more fun and interesting.