Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by orange_bear on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:42PM (#14981507)

Apple placed me in an experimental building where they were changing the interior design constantly, trying to decide how to design their new "space ship" building. The whole time, I fumed at no longer having an office and having to work in an open office design. I could not focus due to audio and visual interruptions while I worked (programmer) in the open office spaces. But no one ever asked me for my opinion about the experimental open office environments!

Now this: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2017/08/08/apple-pa... "Apple staffers reportedly rebelling against open office plan at new $5 billion HQ"

Glad I wasn't the only coder there who utterly despised the move to the open office design.

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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by pawadu on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:58AM (#14987529)

So what do the designers think of the new office?

I once was at a place were designers always had the last word (maybe because CEO was an architect), hence their new offices looked like a much cheaper version of Starbucks. With fewer couches and the few walls that made it were all made of glass.

The company is no longer around. These days just nearby their old offices brings back horrible memories.

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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by puranjay on Friday August 11, 2017 @05:24AM (#14987922)

Designing seems like a collaborative thing. I'm a writer and nothing peeves me more than open offices.

Some tasks require isolation. Writing is one of them. I reckon programming is similar.

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