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While I agree that having an office is best, I'm a bit strange. If I have an office on my own, then I work with the door open, but if someone shares my office, then the door is shut.
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i prefer working without sharing desk. really annoying when someone try to talk to me when i am focus typing my codes. 
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matju84 wrote: someone try to talk to me
and particularly when the guy next is yelling at the top of his pitch his vocal cords could afford on his mobile phone, without caring the damn for the ambience.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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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 have found that I prefer private offices or at least single shared offices. Cube farms are just too distracting and most places I've been in don't bother doing anything to restrict the travel of noise, so, like now, I can hear people talking on the phone on two opposite sides of the quite large room at a time. Very distracting.
Sharing an office with a single individual and having a door and walls helps, as it limits the amount of noise each person has to endure to just the person you are sharing the room with.
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A few years ago, I worked for a company that expanded its office. We were working in shared offices with multiple desks. They decided to move the development staff to the new wing of the office. They had a library concept in mind. It was all open, free standing multiple person cubes. A few 3 person cubes with small dividers. Several 6 person "bones" . You could turn your head and see most of your co-workers without trying. There were no private conversations. Generally a small conversation would start, and then involve over half the staff. I prefer working in an office, but a little bit of separation goes a long way!
Hogan
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Even short cube walls help me concentrate so I can get work done.
Many programmers can be quite distracted, so its counter productive to now allow minimal privacy...
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I just need leg room; that's my main criterion.
I've worked in cubes and big open areas. The few times I've had to work at a desk with a tiny knee hole were the worst. There were a couple of occasions where there was a desk and a table... I put the computer (or terminal) on the table and tried to not even look at the desk.
Cubes are also more flexible; every time I move into a new one I lower the surface to the correct height for me.
Currently, I'm in an office* about twenty miles from the home office. I rarely see my boss or upper management, or pretty much anybody really.
* Basically just some short cube pieces installed in a small room with a window.
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I voted for open space, separate desks.
I like working in small groups (2-4 people), like I did at school. Shouting for quick help is a great time saver (for instance, "Someone know a good Collections framework with Priority Queues?").
Developpers do respect each other's time. In a crowded office (like at work right now, because I'm in the same room as a couple IT support guys), a pair of earplugs is enough to prevent me from being distracted by what people say, but still hear when someone calls my name (which happens from time to time when one of my apps breaks). If this doesn't work for you, growling and/or a very large hammer work too, but are bound to have you talked about. 
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." - Edsger Dijkstra
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Same for me,
Some time i have to work long so its nice to have some body whom you can talk, and ofcause quick help (from other developers) really make me more productive. i never distracted from noice i use to it, and earplugs with some light song make my mood on track.
Viral
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Viral Upadhyay wrote: i never distracted from noice i use to it, and earplugs with some light song make my mood on track.
Or I prefer coming late and working into the nights.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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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 prefer working in bed! it is a lot more relaxing
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I too like to code in bed, but I can concentrate for long, I always fall asleep... 
 erm, where was I? Oh, yeah, In bed, I can be productive for, like, 30 minutes tops. Then I have to do something else, like sit up (sitting on the bed is fine). And of course, it's more comfy than any chair. You can't compete with a handful of pillows and a couple comfortable blankets... damn! fell asleep again! 
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." - Edsger Dijkstra
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So, what line of work are you in anyway? 
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preferably with a window. 
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John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Good. Then start thinking loud and then apply microsoft- if you dont have one or not in MS already.
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I just lost mine, went from my own office to sharing with 3 others.
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John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Amen! A window would be nice!
What does an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac do?
He lies awake at night wondering if there's a dog.
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I have had my own office for most of the last 10 years so I too agree..
John
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That's exactly what I have, and a pleasent view it is too.
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Programming is fun but hey!!! 
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them!
Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Working from home is great, at least for me.
I have a great office here with around 16 square meters area, nice network infrastructure, Linux server for SVN and customer support web site.
I always use my ASUS G1S wherever I am so I don't have any kind of sync problems on different working environments.
At home I also have:
- TV's (plenty of them)
- PS2
- PSP
- Magazines with lots of cool stuff!!
- A bed
- A refrigerator
later on...
- Wife
- Kid
so I usually don't work at home 
Here I have too much things "screaming" for my attention!
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Home not good...too many distractions. I need to have a place to go to in the morning. Plus, (and I may not be the norm here) I like the social interaction.
What does an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac do?
He lies awake at night wondering if there's a dog.
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I agree with the human interaction but I don't need it every day. I have my own office, with a door and a window, but I would love to be able to work from home 1 or 2 days a week!
Pete
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We are moving offices this week and I am going from a 8 people open-plan office to a 3 person shared office. I'll see how it goes in comparison.
Normally when I want privacy I put my headphones on. A busy office doesn't interrupt or bother me, it is the constant meeting requests that are the real interruptions.
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote: At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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I don't know how 3 people in an office will work, but I loved 2 people in an office, provided facilities can keep the temperature fluctuations down. They constructed our office out of an open area and left all of the heating and cooling the same. This led to temperature fluctuations of as much as 20 degrees in a matter of minutes. There was this odd phenomenon that would occur where my feet would be cold and my head would be burning up. Other than that, it was great as I was given a full sized white board of my own as was my officemate. I was even allowed to configure where my shelves were such that I was able to keep all of my programming/reference books right next to my chair underneath the whiteboard.
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