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by joshka 2613 days ago
I was curious about the actual cost of doing this.

   Average annual rent $/sqft = $30 (US), $40 (Seattle), $70 (SF/NY) [1]
   Average private office space: 196 sqft [2]
   Average cubical: 90 sqft [2]
   Price of upgrade: $3180 (US), $4240 (Seattle), $7420 (SF/NY)
Another way of looking at this is ~$2-4/hour.

This ignores that if you did actually give every developer an office, prices would increase due to lack of space. It also likely ignores a slew of other factors from the real world.

[1]: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-re... [2]: https://www.thercfgroup.com/files/resources/Revisiting-offic...