[rayiner]

Can they not afford carpet.

[OxO4]

Why would you want a carpet that is hard to clean and looks ugly in most cases?

[rayiner]

Carpet both absorbs ambient noise and muffles the sound of people walking. It's also more comfortable to walk and stand on: http://www.livestrong.com/article/351733-tips-on-standing-wa....

Polished concrete is beautiful and striking, of course, and at some point software development became a creative profession rather than an engineering one, and we stopped mocking people who put form over function.

[merrua]

I was thinking it looked half finished with concrete floors :)

[akgerber]

Raw industrial loft space is fashionable in NYC creative fields, and tech in imitation thereof.