I just started a new job in meteorological model development and even though the company is now quite large, everyone in my team is running Ubuntu with only one

I just started a new job in meteorological model development and even though the company is now quite large, everyone in my team is running Ubuntu with only one 24" monitor. At first I felt it was cramped but now I feel that it allows me to finish off small micro tasks first before I interchange between windows. Using two monitors, I'd often leave things/code unfinished because I'd shift all my attention to another screen.