Is Facebook’s Massive Open Office Scaring Away Developers?
I worked for a year at IBM's RTP campus.  Everyone had their own dimly lit cube with 5-foot walls, no natural daylight, and white noise playing over speakers to drown out conversation.  The depressing undertone of the office was part of what pushed me to quit.<p>My team at my present job works in an open setting with 8 people in the room and windows with natural daylight.  It's quiet enough to focus but gives us the opportunity for interaction also.  I think that team-sized rooms are a good compromise between a completely open and completely secluded workspace.