[sbarg]

12 person startup, here. It's deadly quiet. Most people are in offices, they close their door for phone calls. Headphones for music is the norm. It makes me crazy, sometimes. I get a little break because I sit near the kitchen and there's a lot of chatter when people are preparing their lunches.

[cprncus]

I've done at-home hobbyist development for five years with the neighbors from hell revving exhaust modded beater cars 20-50x/day. I'm drooling at the words "deadly quiet". (And yes I'm leaving here at some point in the next year).

[pasbesoin]

Ugh. You have my sympathy. For one who "put up" with similar circumstances for far too long, I hope you won't mind my sincere advice: Get out! Staying is a downward spiral -- I know.

[pdenya]

Most of your coworkers have offices but you're in an open floor plan area?

[caw]

A coworker of mine at a previous job had an office (shared), but it was next to the break room on the floor. People would frequently walk by for coffee. I thought the microwaves (smell and beeping) would have been the most annoying in that office.