This tag refers to the "office" as the physical location where a person performs his/her daily duty and may also refer to business-related tasks. For office productivity software suites such as Microsoft Office or Open Office, please respectively use the microsoft-office" or "open-office" tags.
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Developer vs. Boss: am i too squared? How should i talk to them? [closed]
In june 2011 i started my first serious job. By serious i mean i have finally a full-time lifelong contract, with a good pay (a little above the Italian average too) and i also relocated 500km from ...
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What does the ultimate programmer's workplace look like? [closed]
I am in the process of redesigning my extra room in my house, that I'd like to use for development, exclusively. I was trying to find what the perfect set up would be. I understand that perfection is ...
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1answer
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Having difficulties at work [closed]
I have another account with karmas 1.3k, but this is a personal question, so I am posting it as anonymous.
This is a non-programming question. I am a female software developer.
I have joined a job at ...
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2answers
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What happens when a company says/pretends that it uses a version control system (or any other tool/methodology), but doesn't? [closed]
This question might look like a mix of Is it unusual for a small company (15 developers) not to use managed source/version control? and How to convince a teammate, who sees oneself as senior, to learn ...
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2answers
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Programming at Home vs Programming at Workplace [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Pros and Cons of working Remotely/from Home
I want to know which type of programming have better performance rate? Programming at home or programming at workplace?
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What do you do when you have nothing to do? [closed]
Let's say that you are idling. There is no ongoing project and you are left nothing to do sometimes. Or there are probably some project is running but you can't proceed. So, you have nothing to do and ...
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1answer
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Asking my employer if I can open source a project I'm working on for the company
I'm an intern working for a company for the summer. I've been warmly received and I manage to impress my manager a lot (I guess I'm more experienced than the other people he interviewed). Recently ...
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5answers
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Why are IT and development job titles so cryptic?
I'm a new intern in a fairly large company's IT department. I've been learning a whole lot of stuff and I'm loving every minute of it.
However, the more people I meet in the company, the less I ...
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4answers
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Should ICT professionals be warranted professionals?
Should ICT professionals be warranted professionals?
Does anyone have any resources/journals that can help me since I have found none.
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2answers
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I feel that my manager slows my work, how to deal with it?
It seems strange, but my manger sits right next to me and, well, when he isn't near, I feel free, and I'm planning, doing, etc, doing my work with flashes in the eyes, feel accomplishments. But ...
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3answers
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Is there any scholarly research on the detrimental effects of a noisy workplace on productivity? [closed]
I work in an open office with typical office noise (people talking and walking by). It is simply too noisy and restless for me to work in. I've been trying and trying to get some change, to no avail. ...
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Will you work with much less experienced not passionate coworkers?
Will you work with much less experienced not passionate coworkers?
Or they slow you so much that you should always try to work with at least as experienced and passionate as you coworkers.
Will less ...
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7answers
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What are the best and worst policies you have seen used to run a programming team?
If I were to begin managing a team of programmers (which I'm not, I'm just asking out of curiosity) what are some of the office / team policies you have seen that are either particularly conducive or ...
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27answers
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Should managers prohibit programmers from using IM in office? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Would you allow your programmers to use Messenger and social networks like Facebook?
A manager may believe that using IM clients in the office is not acceptable, but ...
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4answers
744 views
Office design and layout for agile development
(moved from stackoverflow)
I have found lot of discussions here on about which keyboard, desk, light or colored background is best - but I can't find one addressing the layout of the whole office.
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