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		commandlinefan on March 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. workers hate ‘open’ office spaces > nothing says "you don't matter" That's what I can't wrap my head around with the debacle that professional software development has become... isn't there supposed to be a _shortage_ of developers? Wouldn't that suggest that they'd be trying to find ways to retain and attract us instead of finding new and creative ways of kicking us in the teeth?

joker3 on March 25, 2019 | [–]

There's a shortage of developers in part because of terrible management practices.

ryan42 on March 25, 2019 | | [–]

bingo. I can't wait to leave to find my dream job that is outside of IT and Software Development

grigjd3 on March 26, 2019 | [–]

So I strongly suspect that for people who will leave over the open office, there already exists better reasons for them to leave.

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