Re:Apple staffers reportedly rebelling against open office plan
by 6nf on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:40PM
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The problem with the Spolsky example is that Atlassian with their huge open-plan offices completely overshadowed Fog Creek in just a few short years.
Re:Apple staffers reportedly rebelling against open office plan
by anildash on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:11PM
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In some ways. They did raise $60 million, too, which didn't hurt. I think we're doing just fine having a successful business on our own terms.
For what it's worth, Atlassian's NYC headquarters is⦠our Fog Creek offices, complete with private offices for coders. More about that here: https://medium.com/make-better-software/apple-is-about-to-do...
(Source: I'm the CEO of Fog Creek.)
Re:Apple staffers reportedly rebelling against open office plan
by 6nf on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:35PM
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The NYC 'headqarters' is not even on their list of locations
https://www.atlassian.com/company/careers
so I'd be surprised if it hosts a signficant percentage of their development workforce. As far as I know their Sydney office is really the heart of their operation and it's very open plan.
Re:Apple staffers reportedly rebelling against open office plan
by loco5niner on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @07:39PM
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I don't think he is saying Atlassian HQ is _located_ at Fog Creek, but that Atlassian HQ has a similar office plan as Fog Creek, "complete with private offices for coders".
It's hard for me to believe that there are techies who haven't ever heard of Peopleware, have never heard of Joel Spolsky and his FogBugz offices, and have never consulted even a single authority on what makes software developers productive. It's even harder to believe that those people are responsible for diverting giant sums of money towards making palatial office buildings that will house thousands of such developers.