Same period of employment for me too and I agree that it mostly matches my experience. Even though I find the article an exaggerated polemic, there are a few things that really resonate with me:
1. Open offices are stupid. For proof just see how many people love working from home where they have far fewer unwanted distractions. Yes there are other reasons to like remote work too, but I bet lack of distracting surroundings is up there.
2. Not having dedicated QA is mega stupid for something like Windows. You can clearly see that in Windows 10.
Other than that, yes I am a bit more accepting of some of the newer stuff, but I get where he's coming from. y'all need to get off my lawn.
If open offices were kept to the same atmosphere as libraries, I don't think there would be such an issue.
But it's truly bizarre that they're not, and companies think that is OK to put people in an environment that is the completely opposite of the environment it should be.
1. Open offices are stupid. For proof just see how many people love working from home where they have far fewer unwanted distractions. Yes there are other reasons to like remote work too, but I bet lack of distracting surroundings is up there.
2. Not having dedicated QA is mega stupid for something like Windows. You can clearly see that in Windows 10.
Other than that, yes I am a bit more accepting of some of the newer stuff, but I get where he's coming from. y'all need to get off my lawn.