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Discussion on: Do You Prefer Multiple Monitors or Just One? Why?

 
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Donald Merand • Edited

100% agree. Physical workspace is super-important. I wish we could all have a dedicated office! I have one at work, but I work remotely quite a bit, so I encourage other folks to use my office whenever I'm not in if they need a quiet space to do some more focused work.

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Gunnar Gissel

We aren't there yet at my workspace, but if we hire a handful more people, we'll have to start hot-racking and remoting to retain our beautiful offices with doors.

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Ross Henderson

I don't need an office, but I would like at least a quiet place I could go to if needed. But, alas, I have to sit next to the noisiest department (training).

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Gunnar Gissel

Oh man, I feel your pain. Perfect example of why programmers benefit from doors, though.

I mean, I could concede a 3 person office (or so) office if we were all on the same project and being a really agile pairing-oriented (or mob) team. For everything else, single user office, no matter how small, is the thing