Great and clever if you can, and do on an hourly basis, pack your entire office into a briefcase - and can stand working in a cafe environment for prolonged periods. Obviously made for a building full of on-the-go types for whom a fixed office is a waste of space.
But not for those of us who can't shove our dual- or giant-monitor quad-core computers and sprawled testing platforms into a briefcase. Nor for those who settle in 8-12 hours a day, 5-8 days a week, to the same chair and no desire to hunt around for a different one because someone moved into "yours". Nor for those who don't take irrelevant noise/distractions well (as I sit across the hall from a factory).
Ya know, I'd like to see a slick photo layout/montage of developer's offices, ya know those things with walls that go to the ceiling, doors that close, opaque walls, and windows that reveal a view that's inspirational to creativity & productivity.
Yeah, that part of Fog Creek has always amused me to no end. ~Developers~ are special and unique snowflakes who need a private office and a personal happy-ending masseuse, but sysadmins can work from the bottom of a shoebox, because fuck those guys, right?
I am a sysadmin, and I can guarantee that I would much much much prefer a private office to a shoebox in the basement with somebody else crammed in there.
But not for those of us who can't shove our dual- or giant-monitor quad-core computers and sprawled testing platforms into a briefcase. Nor for those who settle in 8-12 hours a day, 5-8 days a week, to the same chair and no desire to hunt around for a different one because someone moved into "yours". Nor for those who don't take irrelevant noise/distractions well (as I sit across the hall from a factory).
Ya know, I'd like to see a slick photo layout/montage of developer's offices, ya know those things with walls that go to the ceiling, doors that close, opaque walls, and windows that reveal a view that's inspirational to creativity & productivity.