How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
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How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
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Re: How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
#2It appears you spent a little bit too much time worrying about stuff that doesn't matter.
Re: How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
#3Seriously? Put most tables facing the wall? Who wants to look at a wall and have no screen privacy?
Re: How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
#4All that time and energy you spent making your own desks could have been poured into your product instead. Just saying.
Re: How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
#5> We decided to build instead of buy
Meaning they decided to procrastinate instead of working on their product/service.
> we instead chose to purchase solid core doors from Home Depot (~$40 each)
Meaning they instead chose to spend more on something that wasn't designed to be a desk than an actual desk.
From [1]:
Ergonomically, door desks leave a lot to be desired. Keyboards were usually too high. Typing for hours could be uncomfortable. And those angle brackets have sharp edges; accidentally scrapping exposed flesh against those was a mistake that wouldn't be repeated.
[1] - http://glinden.blogspot.co.uk/2006/01/early-amazon-door-desk...
Re: How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
#6Is this a YC company? If not why are they so concerned about doing things the YC way?
Anyways I am just happy to see something Seattle related.
Re: How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
#7Typically when I see door desks, the whole point is to be as cheap and as quick as possible (ie take a big, flat door and throw it on some cinder blocks or makeshift legs). In this case, it seems like those in charge of furnishing the office were more hung up on the novelty of a door desk than any possible cost savings, so they spent way too much time doing things like staining and varnishing, etc. when they could've just bought proper looking desks in the first place.
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#8If this was a team-building exercise, I think it's worth it.
Re: How we chose and furnished an office the Y Combinator way
#9Well done! Wood is an amazing material. Don't not mind these comments about investing your time better. You did it right. A solid and comfortable environment is essential for a good product. Maybe good ideas were created at starbucks, but certainly not good products.
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#10Seriously? Put most tables facing the wall? Who wants to look at a wall and have no screen privacy?
Their at work, they're suppose to be looking at their screen not out the window.
Their at work, they're suppose to be working on their work not watching netflix.
I think its a nice setup. My only concern would be my laptop overheating on those wooden desks.