My mom often commented when she heard people whining about cubicles, she'd say back in her day everyone was lined up in desks and the boss sat in the front. I've noticed in the past decade offices are moving back to this model, especially in tech start ups. My brother's office for example is exactly like that picture I linked. But whenever I visited him, I thought, "God, I would fucking hate working like this." I'm not talking about not being able to surreptitiously look at porn — even I wouldn't do that when I'm supposed to be working — but just the lack of privacy in general. Part of the reason why I flee to the library, Starbucks, or the Citigroup Building instead of studying at home is because I just can't concentrate in this house with all the distractions. Literally every ten minutes someone's coming in to ask me a question, tell me a pointless story, or ask for me to do something. It's not a very good environment to enter "the zone." And that office seemed to me just like home: There are people chatting with you every five minutes just because you're simply there.

I guess I'm not the only person who thinks this way.