Sitting close and working
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
I hate open work places ... what do you do if you want to pick your nose or fart?
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I hate open work places ... what do you do if you want to pick your nose or fart?
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). :rolleyes:
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
Couldn't handle that....I'd probably quit in a day or two.
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). :rolleyes:
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
aspdotnetdev wrote:
I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). Roll eyes
I shared a large office once with a awesome yet extremely gassy engineer. I was the first one in the office by about six months but I quickly offered him my spot with the window since the air seemed stagnate there.
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). Roll eyes
I shared a large office once with a awesome yet extremely gassy engineer. I was the first one in the office by about six months but I quickly offered him my spot with the window since the air seemed stagnate there.
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
Good solution! I should fart more... maybe my coworkers will complain and I'll either get fired or offered my manager's office.
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
Probably in the minority here, but I like it. Your office, on the other hand, looks too open. Mine has low cubicle-like walls between the people facing each other (also handy for pinning sheets, etc) but otherwise, there is nothing between people sitting in the same bay. Also, we have desktops, not laptops. Did you not know this beforehand? Did you not visit the 'soldier zone' during the interviews?
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
Since you have mentioned the company name, I believe they follow 'Extreme Programming' very religiously. I have even heard from one of friends (who quitted that company in 2 months) that at times their engineers share their machines too and that too for as long as a day...Cant even imagine working in such an environment.
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
N a v a n e e t h wrote:
Do you enjoy such seating?
Personally, I find that if you want to get work done such an environment suits the most. I do not agree with the notion that individual offices are the better (I have been in an individual office for a long time). The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor. I think the best setting will be such open setting on a per project basis. I use the word project loosely.
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Probably in the minority here, but I like it. Your office, on the other hand, looks too open. Mine has low cubicle-like walls between the people facing each other (also handy for pinning sheets, etc) but otherwise, there is nothing between people sitting in the same bay. Also, we have desktops, not laptops. Did you not know this beforehand? Did you not visit the 'soldier zone' during the interviews?
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Did you not know this beforehand?
I had a clue. But not expected this much. :)
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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N a v a n e e t h wrote:
Do you enjoy such seating?
Personally, I find that if you want to get work done such an environment suits the most. I do not agree with the notion that individual offices are the better (I have been in an individual office for a long time). The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor. I think the best setting will be such open setting on a per project basis. I use the word project loosely.
I know it is very productive. But since I am used with the cubicle setup, it will take some time to get adjusted with this. Yes noise is also a factor.
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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Since you have mentioned the company name, I believe they follow 'Extreme Programming' very religiously. I have even heard from one of friends (who quitted that company in 2 months) that at times their engineers share their machines too and that too for as long as a day...Cant even imagine working in such an environment.
TheIndian wrote:
their engineers share their machines too and that too for as long as a day
He will be referring to pair-programming. We do pair programming a lot and I enjoy it.
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
hey i also don't like to seat like this....:~ at least there should be small compartment contains 2 persons BUT finally....it's a oranization management decision, to keep their employees fine. i hate such a management...:mad: regards koolprasad2003
Rating always..... WELCOME Be a good listener...Because Opprtunity knoughts softly...N-Joy
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N a v a n e e t h wrote:
Do you enjoy such seating?
Personally, I find that if you want to get work done such an environment suits the most. I do not agree with the notion that individual offices are the better (I have been in an individual office for a long time). The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor. I think the best setting will be such open setting on a per project basis. I use the word project loosely.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor.
White noise can help a lot for that.
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I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). :rolleyes:
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
Seems a little too open to me. Maybe groups of 6-7 would be a better approach rather than dozens of people in a noisy hall.
Regards, Nish
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Trollslayer wrote:
Do you smoke? In enclosed spaces?
Not a very fair comparison. Smoking is always a voluntary act. :rolleyes:
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
Looks like the office of a trading firm. :rolleyes: But a really good place to work :thumbsup: All the best.
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
One thing I noticed is that everyone appears to be working on laptops. I am lucky enough to work with a docking station where we have a separate keyboard and mouse and a second screen (invaluable for specs and emails). From everything I have learnt working on laptops fulltime, as in your picture, is likely to lead to a sore back (low screen level and smaller keyboard) - is that your experience? Personally I like open plan office environments but with more partitioning than is present in your picture - I have learnt a lot from listening in on conversations and I don't just mean gossip :)
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles). Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes, Navaneeth
I don't think I'd like that. I work in a cubicle environment. With cubes, you have convenient interaction if you need it, and semi-privacy when you need that. I've worked in situations where I had a private office, which was too cut off from the rest of the team. With open desk layouts there's too much distraction to maintain focus. The picture you linked to made me think the constant interaction with coworkers would be very distracting.
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