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11 years ago
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on: The Open Plan Office and the Extrovert Ideal
This is the kind of shit that makes me angry. Microsoft should know better. Slick presentations about bullpens being the future of work, like it's self-evident. A generation of software engineers are going to come up with the belief that these sorts of working environments are standard, and then wondering why they're so stressed out and tense all the time.
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11 years ago
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on: The Open Plan Office and the Extrovert Ideal
I agree that absolute silence is a bit stifling. The spot I'm working in currently is very quiet and I actually prefer when the HVAC kicks on and covers up all the little sounds (mouse clicks, chairs creaking, etc.) with a base layer of white noise.
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11 years ago
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on: The Open Plan Office and the Extrovert Ideal
I think you're right in that there's no cheap, quick fix here. With tech companies so flush with cash/funding, can they really not afford to do something? I don't think cheapness can describe what's going on.
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11 years ago
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on: But Where Do People Work in This Office?
You should share the name of your company. Use your attention to humane office space as a competitive advantage when recruiting. See what Joel Spolsky has done with Fog Creek and Stack Exchange.
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11 years ago
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on: But Where Do People Work in This Office?
The author thanks you. Your website (Office Snapshots) is awesome.
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11 years ago
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on: But Where Do People Work in This Office?
The noise isn't the only consideration (though it is a big one). Visual distractions, lack of privacy, the feeling of being watched, people approaching from behind you, etc. The human animal is stressed by these things.
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11 years ago
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on: Beyond Light Table
ASP.NET Web Forms?
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12 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do I deal with the "unpaid overtime crowd"?
I always find it funny when management lauds developers for aggressive bug fixing. Do they not realize that the developers introduced those bugs in the first place?
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12 years ago
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on: The Engineer Crunch
I've noticed this, too, and been baffled by it. My working explanation is that people tend to hire clones of themselves. If the people making the hiring decisions in that online pants company have PhDs, they'll believe they need PhDs to work on that shopping cart.
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12 years ago
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on: The Open-Office Trap
You joke, but the powers that be installed a TV in our office blaring CNBC just feet away from where developers are trying to work. This was considered an "upgrade" to our space.
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13 years ago
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on: Dropbox Hires Guido Van Rossum
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13 years ago
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on: The Linux Talent Draft is On
Don't tell .NET developers that.
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Use DuckDuckGo for !bangs and Google for everything else
Sweet! I'll be running all my searches through DuckDuckGoog from now on. Thanks so much!
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Use DuckDuckGo for !bangs and Google for everything else
Yes. I was so excited to use this but my heart broke when I realized the search box wasn't auto-focused. That's a dealbreaker for me.
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14 years ago
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on: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo
The name is too long.
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14 years ago
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on: Apollo program source code
"Some programmers nicknamed the finished product LOL memory, for Little Old Lady memory."
LOL.
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14 years ago
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on: "Lighten up"
I have a lot of compassion for him.
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14 years ago
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on: Chocolat - the new editor
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15 years ago
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on: Want to attract top tech talent? Offer telecommuting
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15 years ago
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on: That dev's salary is higher than mine
I disagree. The more you make, the more your employer expects you to work overtime, be more dedicated to the job and the company, etc.
