[ConceptJunkie]

My career sounds similar to yours, just not quite as long, and as someone who's been introduced to an "open office" just this week (and we're not talking low-walled cubicles, but no-walled desks) I hate it, and it's definitely affecting my productivity. Maybe I'll get used to it, but the only improvement I can see is that other teams we work closely with are nearby... but this has nothing to do with an open office and everything to do with the arrangement of teams relative to each other. I've been hiding in the machine room. I may find myself doing that a lot more.