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Stack Exchange's office is very similar. Starting to feel like Joel is the only one who still believes in private offices. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7089
by df07 12y ago
Stack Exchange's office is very similar. Starting to feel like Joel is the only one who still believes in private offices.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.708933,-74.006578,3a,75y,203.61h,72.75t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sAVBuqvu0UUUAAAQIt-PqBw!2e0!3e2?hl=en-US https://www.google.com/maps/@40.708933,-74.006578,3a,75y,203...
- 72deluxe 12y agoThose look like great offices! I must be in the wrong job haha
- gregd 12y agoTHAT is a gorgeous workspace. I'm envious..
- k__ 12y agoWindows to open spaces in my back? No thanks...
- Max_Horstmann 12y agoYou can move the desk around. My "window" is on my left.
- k__ 12y agoDon't you feel like in a terrarium?
- Max_Horstmann 12y agoYes.
- k__ 12y ago:(
- Max_Horstmann 12y agoJK. It's by far the best office I've ever had.
- hga 12y agoI'd assume that if that made you paranoid like it would me, you could mostly cover them up, or the parts that let other people view you. Added: Max_Horstmann's put them at your left or right approach also works for me.
- couchand 12y agoThe transparency of the window is a weakness. Some folks have started putting up posters and curtains. But the real issue is that they transmit basically all the sound. Fortunately there usually aren't conversations going on just outside people's offices, but if two people are talking while walking down the hall or the person in the next office is yelling at folks on hangout, it's not much quieter than a cubicle.
- rayiner 12y agoCan they not afford carpet.
- akgerber 12y agoRaw industrial loft space is fashionable in NYC creative fields, and tech in imitation thereof.
- OxO4 12y agoWhy would you want a carpet that is hard to clean and looks ugly in most cases?
- rayiner 12y agoCarpet both absorbs ambient noise and muffles the sound of people walking. It's also more comfortable to walk and stand on: http://www.livestrong.com/article/351733-tips-on-standing-walking-on-concrete-flooring http://www.livestrong.com/article/351733-tips-on-standing-wa.... Polished concrete is beautiful and striking, of course, and at some point software development became a creative profession rather than an engineering one, and we stopped mocking people who put form over function.
- merrua 12y agoI was thinking it looked half finished with concrete floors :)
- wgx 12y agoThe 37signals offices have lots of private (and semi-private) spaces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYMokpfL86Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYMokpfL86Q
- raphael_l 12y agohttp://i.imgur.com/Kk0jP5o.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Kk0jP5o.jpg Pretty interesting people working there, I see.
- bartkappenburg 12y agoIndeed: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.708501,-74.006614,3a,75y,190.84h,77.2t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1savFPUDF8FIgAAAQIt-NLUQ!2e0!3e2?hl=en-US https://www.google.com/maps/@40.708501,-74.006614,3a,75y,190...
- slowmovintarget 12y agoAre those... cells?
- sp332 12y agoSee, that's the kind of thing you need a shared space for. Who's going to notice your horse head in a private office??
- to3m 12y agoI think that's just what they call "business casual"? See also http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/lets-all-just-believe-what-shifty-cia-funded-data-collecting-company-says http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/lets-all-ju... (though it looks like the chap there forgot the unicorn head)
- smikhanov 12y agoOh crap! "Private" offices with glass doors, yeah. So that you never immediately see who enters your office because the door is behind you and you have to turn around. Also with monitors visible to everyone who passes by. This is way worse than any open plan office.