Remembering GitHub's Office, a Monument to Tech Culture
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#2Is a good time to collect stories of this period in Software. I'm doing it too for my own private archives.
I want to compare in 10+ years, how me and my colleagues used to see & experience our industry.
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#3Looking back it really is funny how impressed people used to be by dumb office perks. Free food and coffee? Sure, for the convenience.
But the slides, the ball pits, the scooters? Sure it might make the office a nice place to be but once the novelty wears off it's still really hard to beat working from home.
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#4Photos (originally from user
Manjuuu in a previous submission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36107267)
https://officesnapshots.com/2015/04/06/github-san-francisco-...
https://www.officelovin.com/2014/05/inside-githubs-san-franc...
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#5Looking back it really is funny how impressed people used to be by dumb office perks. Free food and coffee? Sure, for the convenience. But the slides, the ball pits, the scooters? Sure it might make the office a nice place to be but once the novelty wears off it's still really hard to beat working from home.
I liked the pinball machine we had on our floor (edit: not at github, different company), it was a nice distraction during breaks, something novel. I didn't like that it was installed 10m away from me (loud!)
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#6I once worked in an office which had fake grass all throughout the office. Any metal surface you touched would give you an instant static shock.
I now work for a start-up with no perks other than my salary and options.
> [we] were so preoccupied with whether or not [we] could, [we] didn't stop to think if [we] should.
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#7Looking back it really is funny how impressed people used to be by dumb office perks. Free food and coffee? Sure, for the convenience. But the slides, the ball pits, the scooters? Sure it might make the office a nice place to be but once the novelty wears off it's still really hard to beat working from home.
> once the novelty wears off it's still really hard to beat working from home
For you, it’s really hard to beat working from home.
For some people, it’s really hard to beat working from an office.
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#8Photos (originally from user Manjuuu in a previous submission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36107267 ) https://officesnapshots.com/2015/04/06/github-san-francisco-... https://www.officelovin.com/2014/05/inside-githubs-san-franc...
That's such a gorgeous office!
Some of the "glamorous" tech office designs can be sterile and off-putting. Github's is all at once cozy, innovative, quirky, fun, and sophisticated.
A target to shoot for, and something that will no doubt be missed.
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#9Looking back it really is funny how impressed people used to be by dumb office perks. Free food and coffee? Sure, for the convenience. But the slides, the ball pits, the scooters? Sure it might make the office a nice place to be but once the novelty wears off it's still really hard to beat working from home.
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#10Looking back it really is funny how impressed people used to be by dumb office perks. Free food and coffee? Sure, for the convenience. But the slides, the ball pits, the scooters? Sure it might make the office a nice place to be but once the novelty wears off it's still really hard to beat working from home.
I want both.
The office is energizing. Collaboration is amazing. Food and amenities take pressure off. White boards, conference rooms. Everything is always clean. Hanging out after hours with an open bar and video games helps with bonding.
Working from home is comfortable. There's no pressure, no transit, and you can build it however you like. You can interleave your chores, focus without distraction, and be around the people and pets you love.
Both of them are good. I truly want to have both.