[owlie]

>foreign to my personal experience

Yes! I'm so glad you took the time to acknowledge that your personal lived experiences aren't necessarily representative of the experiences and perspectives of office employees as a who-

>seems almost like fantasy is the idea that people primarily working on software might sit down in cramped cubicles and prefer fake privacy to real social interaction.

Oh. Erm... I hate to break it to you, but a lot of us _do_ prefer this!

[jMyles]

> Oh. Erm... I hate to break it to you, but a lot of us _do_ prefer this!

Literally the cubicles from Office Space?

[FiddlyPack]

Omg I would definitely take those cubicles over an open office.

[shimms]

Yes - I’d love that compared to the open plan layout with constant distraction and interruption.

[spc476]

My preference is actual office (which I currently have and share with one coworker), cubical (the higher the walls, the better), open space (no, just no).

Different people have different preferences.

[matwood]

> Literally the cubicles from Office Space?

I worked in the high cubicles like that once and they were not that bad. A full wrap around desk allowed me to have a PC, Sparc Station, and some test servers in my space. It was fairly quiet, but someone could get your attention by calling your name.

[gerbilly]

Yes, I have worked in both and I would prefer the cubicles from office space to open plan.

[Aeolun]

Those cubicles are actually pretty nice.