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>Those smartphones were marketed for balding dads in white shirts, working in cubicles

Ouch, burn. Though oldschool cubicles sound better than the current open office chicken farms I've seen.

Hehe, true! Cubicles are much better from a privacy perspective, but the startup kids tore them down on the dubious pretext of hindering collaboration. It was only a matter of time before BigCos followed suit, if only for the obvious cost saving reasons.

I don't mind open offices for the 5 man starups made of the guys who met in college and are trying their luck with blood sweat and tears, however I really do mind them in the nouveau wannabe pseudo startups where it's an open chicken coop for the developer plebs and private offices for the sales/marketing/management.

But it's ok, they give you a ping pong and foosball table. /s

Let’s hope that the pandemic kills the open office!

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