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I always work with noise cancelling headphones and got so used to them that I now have to wear them at home as well as they help me to concentrate. Even though it's silent in here.
Nice you are now a Cyborg. I wonder how many others are dependant on similar ear augmentation devices.
For realism, it should integrate people making their calls in the open space, the guy right next to you chewing loudly with an open mouth, the heated design debate occuring 3 desks from you and the salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume. I do not miss the office.
> salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume This. The most (and least) challenging office I've ever worked in featured a large open plan that had the sales team adjacent to the engineering team. The sales team had a large ship's bell and not only would they ring it for every deal they closed, they would ring it once for every 10k of the deal! That plus they're general loudness drove the engineers crazy…
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You can't call yourself a tree geek unless you enjoy the sounds of keyboards :)
I'm going to make the guess that you meant "True" in the "no true scotsman" way of passing off outsiders. Personally I find this kind dismissive commentary a little bit aggravating. In my mind you're a "true" geek if you unashamedly enjoy the technicalities of something. from Dungeons and Dragons to Train design. -- The parent is also a little distasteful. If you don't like the noise of a mechanical keyboard consult…
For realism, it should integrate people making their calls in the open space, the guy right next to you chewing loudly with an open mouth, the heated design debate occuring 3 desks from you and the salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume. I do not miss the office.
How am I supposed to work without the guy next to me chewing the egg he just cracked with his mouth open, the guy behind me crunching chips and audibly burping, and the sales guy with a bluetooth earpiece and mechanical keyboard!? I do not miss the office.
And no, I'm not joking. It actually happened, for several days until enough people complained and he stopped doing it.
For realism, it should integrate people making their calls in the open space, the guy right next to you chewing loudly with an open mouth, the heated design debate occuring 3 desks from you and the salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume. I do not miss the office.
Add the HVAC units making weird noises, smartphone notification sounds, and ringtones, fucking ringtones.
For realism, it should integrate people making their calls in the open space, the guy right next to you chewing loudly with an open mouth, the heated design debate occuring 3 desks from you and the salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume. I do not miss the office.
Add the HVAC units making weird noises, smartphone notification sounds, and ringtones, fucking ringtones.
I recently had to change my ringtone because every dev in our office has the standard iphone ringtone so anytime someone's phone rings, you can hear everybody go to pick their phones up.
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You can't call yourself a tree geek unless you enjoy the sounds of keyboards :)
I'm going to make the guess that you meant "True" in the "no true scotsman" way of passing off outsiders. Personally I find this kind dismissive commentary a little bit aggravating. In my mind you're a "true" geek if you unashamedly enjoy the technicalities of something. from Dungeons and Dragons to Train design. -- The parent is also a little distasteful. If you don't like the noise of a mechanical keyboard consult…
It was a short quip which ended with a ":)". I'm sure it wasn't meant so seriously.
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now all we need is the ability to generate smells on demand to experience the burnt popcorn and two pack a day smoker whose jacket has experience forty years of it
I should crack open a can of tuna at 10am and leave it at the end of the desk! (Yes, this happens on the desk next to me at work)