• Flying Squid
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    343 months ago

    I wished to sit in an open plan office where everyone could see me scratch my ass while all conversation and meetings were done via Slack and Zoom, even if we were next to each other.

    • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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      73 months ago

      I essentially quit the programming profession because of fucking open office plans. Just an absolute nightmare as far as actual productive coding environments are concerned.

      • Rayquetzalcoatl
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        93 months ago

        They’re the wet dreams of marketing departments the world over, but genuinely shit for everyone who has to concentrate on their work lol

      • @AWittyUsername
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        53 months ago

        Modern “open plan” offices with hot desking bullshit are not designed for neurodivergent people which are generally drawn to programming.

        • Cakey
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          13 months ago

          Even when if not neurodivergent ( allegedly ) they are not designed for programmers

    • socsa
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      53 months ago

      At least on slack there is a searchable archive created from the interaction.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        Yeah do I really need a searchable archive of FlyingSquid scratching his ass?

        Actually. Yeah, sign me up.

      • Flying Squid
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        13 months ago

        Sure, but we would literally be right next to each other and just talk via Slack. It was stupid.

        • socsa
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          3 months ago

          I am the kind of neurodivergent where I really need that kind of built in organization, so from all of us megADHD folks out there we really appreciate your patience.

          • Flying Squid
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            13 months ago

            That does make sense, but I guarantee you that few of the people I worked with were neurodivergent based on break room chatter.