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em-bee on Dec 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do programmers need private offices with doors...

cubes have all the disadvantages of open plan offices and none of the advantages of private rooms. i prefer open-plan offices over cubes.

wing-_-nuts on Dec 19, 2023 [–]

Having worked in both environments, cubicles are quieter. They also have much less visual distraction.

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