The office with a door thing was how Microsoft was back in the day, if I remember correct. From the stories I heard, some of the offices were ridiculously small

The office with a door thing was how Microsoft was back in the day, if I remember correct. From the stories I heard, some of the offices were ridiculously small/narrow but they still had a door. Joel was a Program Manager for Excel at MS so my guess is he brought that mindset over. Really, I wish more places would go back to that. Being able to work with minimal interruptions is great.