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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by magduf on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:54AM (#17515216)
>All sales people are extroverts and most managers are. Most programmers are introverts. Guess which group likes open offices?

This is not my experience at all. From what I see, most programmers these days are definitely extroverts, if they're under the age of ~35.

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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by Mistredo on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:40PM (#17519217)
What happened to introverts?
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Re:The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, ve... by magduf on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:39AM (#17522858)
I'm guessing they're still there, but they're being crowded out by extroverts. The programming field is a lot larger now than it was in the 80s.
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