> I can't wear headphones for an extended period of time due to physical pain
Well it's comforting to see someone else has this issue. I find this to be the only part about 'open' offices that I personally take issue with at the moment. I really can't continually wear headphones and it does not seem unreasonable for software developers to be able to code in a relatively quiet environment
I guess it depends then. Having been taught Racket in my intro programming class by Olin Shivers I can say I adored it and his class turns people into computer science majors using functional programming
Well it's comforting to see someone else has this issue. I find this to be the only part about 'open' offices that I personally take issue with at the moment. I really can't continually wear headphones and it does not seem unreasonable for software developers to be able to code in a relatively quiet environment