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[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At least it’s a private cubicle and not an open layout where devs are crammed in cheek-to-jowl in a cacophony of chaos.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not even the noise that's the worst part. It's that you know you can't scratch your ass without everyone noticing.