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Re:The Open-Office Trap by ryanobjc on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:59PM (#8696915)
The article makes a very clear case against this notion that it's a personal opinion. The problem is while you might like it, you also don't have a continuing objective measure of your own costs of working in an open office plan. For example, are you measuring your epinephrine levels?

As one of the developers who has a interruption surplus (get interrupted more than I interrupt others), I really dislike open offices, they actively prevent me from getting work done.

Re:The Open-Office Trap by modoc on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @08:23PM (#8697419)
Not my epinephrine levels no, but RescueTime does let you know when you're working more productively than others I guess.

The horror stories here seem to be giant rooms full of inconsiderate loud frat boys.

My current office is 8-10 people, open plan, great inter-team communication, and a pleasant atmosphere....