I personally dislike open concept offices. It doesn\u2019t really do anything to actually improve productivity. In fact, it is more distracting with people shouting at each other, or blasting music, or talking on the speakerphone, or allowing on-hold call music to play out loud \u201cyour fucking call is important to us…\u201d, which is then negated by people stuffing their ears with noise cancelling headphones, which encourages more shouting, which then leads to more music, etc.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m an engineer: I like to work quietly to concentrate on a specific task. Context switching is expensive – I don\u2019t like my chain of thought to be distracted by people yelling random questions at me. I also appreciate privacy, where I can speak with a co-worker quietly.<\/p>\n
In fact I think I write better code (and faster as well) when I\u2019m alone at home, which is why I usually work better at night.<\/p>\n
Screw open plan offices. My next office will have cubicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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