[andybak]

> I would definitely prefer to work in an open-office environment vs cubicles.

That's fine as long as you understand that for certain types of people and/or certain types of work - open plan can be a disaster. This discussion has been bouncing back and forth for decades.

Personally speaking my coding productivity drops something like 80% in an open plan office.

[ipaddr]

It's so true. 80% gets lost but you feel like you've done so much more just getting to the office by the time you arrive your job is to kill time. You can now bother others all day and look productive.