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When I started in this business I had my own office. I could close the door or leave it open which was a sign of my availability. Me or any of my colleagues were free to roam the halls and decompress or bounce ideas off any one else with open doors. Also, we had common areas we could congregate to.

This environment was orders of magnitude less distracting than the modern open floor plan sweat shop. It was also significantly less distracting than working from home but I think that's because "productivity" tools like Slack didn't exist yet.