Some of the insights/recommendations from Peopleware * Programmers work better in quiet * Companies should not let facilities management design office spaces

Some of the insights/recommendations from Peopleware * Programmers work better in quiet * Companies should not let facilities management design office spaces for programmers (with guidelines on a recommended office layout) * Make a promotion path to a "Free Electron" -- a programmer trusted to find important work in the company and do it (unattached to a team) * Programmers should now work in a semi-distracted state (open social media/IM) * Get rid of telephones on programmer desks I reread it last year and I was mostly thinking that it must be frustrating to work somewhere where management isn't influenced by Peopleware.