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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by jedwardhawkins on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:39AM (#14980760)
Micro Focus in Provo, UT provides offices. The last company I worked for was a mature startup with an open floor plan. Most of the noise complaints were mitigated by noise cancelling headphones which were purchased for each engineer.
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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by mindcrime on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:51PM (#14982255)
In my experience, noise cancelling headphones don't really solve any problems. They do nothing for "visual noise" and even for audio, the noise cancelling mode just feels artificial (which it is). I find that, for myself, I rarely want "no noise", I just want the quiet rush of the AC vents, maybe the pitter-patter of footfalls in the distance, etc. But no loud noises / talking / music / etc. in the immediate area.
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