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Offices are overrated 
I do like to have my own office though, I had one in the previous company.
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You can not expect this in India. You would see worse scenes like half a dozen people squatting across and sharing the same dormitory-kind of environment.
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A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
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I agree... it's the best option.
1/3rd space for desk and PC
1/3rd space for having meeting with other people
1/3rd space for personal interest (I have 4 pinball machine) while compilation takes too long (away from me utilities for speed up compiling)
1 real door to lock out noise, a real stereo system...
(I have not forgotten coffeepot... i drink only water or cold tea...)
Davide
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The last time I had a real office with a door was, of all things, my very first programming job! Ever since then, it's been a cube...except for one brief period where I worked in a large shared room with a panoramic view of downtown (lots of windows) and free snacks! That was the best! Waaaaahhhhh!
What does an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac do?
He lies awake at night wondering if there's a dog.
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Ami Bar wrote: There are still companies which provide a room with 4 solid walls and a door. (a.k.a. office).
Where is this option?
Joel Spolsky says offices are best.
Who am I to disagree?
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Unfortunately...
Joel Spolsky lives in the land of physics. No wind, no gravity, no friction. He had to form his own company because nobody would put up with (often) arrogant shenanigans. Real-world companies almost never operate in the ideal. Cubes have been a way of life for most companies (and government) since they were invented. They aren't likely to go away anytime soon.
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Bob1763b wrote: Cubes have been a way of life for most companies (and government) since they were invented.
That is a US-typical phenomenon. Here in Germany, huge multinational Trusts who are feeling progessive (IBM!) are having cubicles (but they move to open, semi-separated spaces).
All other Companys provide offices. Sometime 2- or 3-person offices, but still...
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
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I voted "private cubes", because it comes closest to a decent office.
My office was meant to be a shared one, it has space for two desks. But I'm sitting here alone. By the way, I also got two windows. One of them is open right now, so the wind from outside blow across the place where the second desk should stand. Well, sometimes it feels more like a home office than a cube, but as it's in the company building, I voted for "cube".
This statement is false.
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I think it depends on your role.
If you don't need to interact with other people much then you would like a room for yourself but if you're a project manager that likes to be on top of things you would prefer to be closest to your team.
I'm working on an open office with separated desks (small ones) and it suites my needs, just needed a bigger desk.
When a situation appears we debate right there for a solution without the hassle of meeting requests and the overall productivity drawback it brings.
When we need privacy, for a meeting or something else, we have a 2nd floor.
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Ami Bar wrote: room with 4 solid walls
I have (almost) always had a private room. And I always disconnect the office phone.
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