Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by stefantheard » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:43 PM UTC

factotum wrote: post #2

Reynolds and Reynolds in Houston.

BUT! This comes with some caveats... check glassdoor. Be cautious and don't undervalue yourself.

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by onion2k » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:44 PM UTC

jtmarmon wrote: post #5

Kluny wrote: post #3

Automattic. But it's remote, you have to supply your own office. They contribute $250 toward co-working space.

What if you live in NYC where a coworking membership is around $500 a month and an office $1000?

It's contribution; it's not supposed to cover the full cost.

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by charsifood » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:46 PM UTC

thehardsphere wrote: post #9

hitekker wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're speaking of the Healthcare Giant based in Wisconsin, I believe you share an office with one other person. Or at least on the Verona campus. It's been a while since I've been around those parts.

Sharing with one person is still better than a cube or open plan.

Or, depending on the person, much much worse.

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by dmoy » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:48 PM UTC

thehardsphere wrote: post #8

I would hope most companies that consider software to be their core business give programmers offices, even if they have to share those offices with another person on the same team. Most companies that do not often consider programmers secondary to their core business, which is a good reason not to work there if you have a choice.

I mean I would hope so too, but it appears to be patently not true. Thus the ask HN question, where can one find these mythical offices.

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by qnk » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:49 PM UTC

Stack Overflow has blogged about their private offices for developers many times before. This is a post from 2015, I'm not sure if that's still the case: https://stackoverflow.blog/2015/01/16/why-we-still-believe-i...

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by borplk » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:50 PM UTC

Do pretty much all programmers in Microsoft get their own office?

Is it as simple as that or there's more to it?

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by sidlls » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:51 PM UTC

kk3399 wrote: post #6

Epic systems

Why would anyone want to work for a sweatshop just because they provide offices?

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by danesparza » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:51 PM UTC

You mentioned it in the question already, but when I worked at Microsoft as a contractor I got an office.

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by krageon » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:52 PM UTC

thehardsphere wrote: post #8

I would hope most companies that consider software to be their core business give programmers offices, even if they have to share those offices with another person on the same team. Most companies that do not often consider programmers secondary to their core business, which is a good reason not to work there if you have a choice.

You can hope that that's the case, but that doesn't mean that it is. In my experience, it is emphatically not the case.

Re: Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?

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Post by PascLeRasc » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:53 PM UTC

kk3399 wrote: post #6

Epic systems

From colleague's anecdotes and Glassdoor, I'd really steer clear of Epic. Incredible pressure to work free overtime and have no "off time", even on the weekend.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Epic-Systems-Corporation-W...