I work on problems (code) that can take an hour to grok, another hour to get the code state into my head, and then more minutes to surgically implant the right change. Invite me into a meeting or chatter outside my cubicle, and I'm derailed. So that's why I get most of my work done early, early in the morning or after everybody else has left.
This article presents the most blindingly obvious case. Why is it even worthy of discussion? Because folks who call themselves authorities have made rediculous assertions (Open office plans are productive), written a book and gotten the foolish notions somehow embedded. It takes an authority and a study and a published report to undo the damage.
Or we could just rebel - No, I won't work in your echo chamber.
-- guy currently suffering under Agile-zealot manager
My most productive hours are after 4pm, when everyone else is gone or busy scrambling to finish things and get home.
The assertion I disagree with is that this is worse with an open office than a cubicle farm. In my experience cubicle farms are terrible because people don't see those around them that are being annoyed by an overly loud conversation.
This article presents the most blindingly obvious case. Why is it even worthy of discussion? Because folks who call themselves authorities have made rediculous assertions (Open office plans are productive), written a book and gotten the foolish notions somehow embedded. It takes an authority and a study and a published report to undo the damage.
Or we could just rebel - No, I won't work in your echo chamber.