Me neither. I am still waiting for the company where all the VPs sit along one table elbow to elbow.

On my previous job I sat right next to VP of product but she would often use the office of the SVP who is not around most of the time.

Open space office with more than 50 people on each floor, it was very interesting for a while(as you can see how $2B business is run in one picture) but it was one of the primary reasons I quit.

Beyond the ongoing noice and distractions, it doesn't allow you to have cycles of work and thought. Well, I actually would have them but it feels weird to be the guy who stares at random things and people for prolonged time :)

My VP doesn't even really have an office. He finds an open spot and sits his laptop down.

This is at one of the majors.

HP started with a "no offices" culture where even senior execs had cubes, but I have to think this is long gone.

Of course. What execs love about open spaces is the money it saves on office layout and walls.

i worked next to a billionaire software co-founder for 4 years, right in the pit with all of us (open office). i found it unbelievably awesome - humanizing, motivating, and egalitarian.

It doesn't matter, those people are in meetings all day anyway.