I totally agree - I would prefer to work in a cubicle or a shared office. Infact, I was in the opposite situation - for a short time I worked in an environment where we had our own office. It felt great, but it took a long time for me to learn from others in the group. I could not be as productive as in my later company.
In my new company, I was able to listen to other's work related conversations and pick up a lot of things. Eventually, I started butting into other's problems and solve it for them. This really helped my image in my new company. Ofcourse, the down side is that I would have to put up with a lot of personal quirks of my colleagues - those who talk too loud, fight with their wives, complain too much, etc.
But, I prefer a cubicle (or better still - shared office) with other team mates (not with people who are entirely unrelated to your work), if the company is willing to part their savings in office space to me. I would be totally willing to compromise on my habits (to speak softly, not eat in my cubicle, etc.) just to get along with others in this situation.
As the parent post mentioned, there can be various levels of cache. The last level of cache could be really close to the place of usage. It could be right here in the office floor. Infact, this was suggested during the early years of the internet - having levels of proxies. That way if 100 people from Seattle read an article on a Japanese server, the article gets downloaded only once in Seattle.
I think it was IBM that first championed the cause of having applications that were provisioned only for selected users who paid for it. This was like in the 80s and early 90s. The more you paid, the more applications were available on the mainframe, for your user id. I am not sure about the details since never worked in this field.
Then, Microsoft came along and cornered IBM's market. They cornered the market by making people realize that owning your software actually means having it on a disk, taking it wherever you want, etc. After they cornered the entire market, they started talking about Web Services - about Office being run on the web. This is like Steve Balmer's dream.
Now Google comes along and actually moves forward in that direction, but interestingly, they have most people on their side. Will Google become the next Microsoft?
And I would like to add that there are many more indirect monetary benefits: 1. Things like rent, insurance that you pay in India is exempt from tax. 2. The companies in India are allowed to give a free meal to their employees. 3. Some companies also expense other things like telephone bill, car loans, etc. So, basically, for $750, there is hardly any exploitation of the worker.
You are absolutely right. Infact, I once realized that for the place I lived in (Seattle, WA), for most of the year, the only way to save the electricity bill is by improving the effectiveness of the thermal insulation in appartments. Just think about it, all appliances like refrigerators, T.V.s, computers, lights, eventually convert their electricity to heat. Theoretically, the thermostat should be able to detect the temperature change when these appliances are used, and compensate for it by having the room heater consume less power. So, it doesn't matter whether I stay in bed all day, or I stay up all night with my appartment as bright as a studio. I will always consume the same amount of power. The only way to save power is to change the setting on the thermostat at nights, which I never did.
I concluded that most of the heat would dissipate through a large French window in my apartment. So, the only way for me to have saved the electricity bill was to have the window modified. I think this is true of most houses (and also many offices) in the northern parts of the U.S - basically the only way to save power is to either tinker with the settings of the thermostat, or to improve the effectiveness of the thermal insulation. It is useless to turn off lights, computers and other appliances. Ofcourse, this is not true in summer, and also in places where A.C. is used, and not heating.
I agree with you. But, it looks like the president is there to help you. If he extends Daylight savings for another 4 months, that's it! We can be done away with Daylight savings! It is just that we'd all be living in a different time zone.
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I totally agree - I would prefer to work in a cubicle or a shared office. Infact, I was in the opposite situation - for a short time I worked in an environment where we had our own office. It felt great, but it took a long time for me to learn from others in the group. I could not be as productive as in my later company.
In my new company, I was able to listen to other's work related conversations and pick up a lot of things. Eventually, I started butting into other's problems and solve it for them. This really helped my image in my new company. Ofcourse, the down side is that I would have to put up with a lot of personal quirks of my colleagues - those who talk too loud, fight with their wives, complain too much, etc.
But, I prefer a cubicle (or better still - shared office) with other team mates (not with people who are entirely unrelated to your work), if the company is willing to part their savings in office space to me. I would be totally willing to compromise on my habits (to speak softly, not eat in my cubicle, etc.) just to get along with others in this situation.
As the parent post mentioned, there can be various levels of cache. The last level of cache could be really close to the place of usage. It could be right here in the office floor. Infact, this was suggested during the early years of the internet - having levels of proxies. That way if 100 people from Seattle read an article on a Japanese server, the article gets downloaded only once in Seattle.
This has been talked about for a long time now -
I think it was IBM that first championed the cause of having applications that were provisioned only for selected users who paid for it. This was like in the 80s and early 90s. The more you paid, the more applications were available on the mainframe, for your user id. I am not sure about the details since never worked in this field.
Then, Microsoft came along and cornered IBM's market. They cornered the market by making people realize that owning your software actually means having it on a disk, taking it wherever you want, etc. After they cornered the entire market, they started talking about Web Services - about Office being run on the web. This is like Steve Balmer's dream.
Now Google comes along and actually moves forward in that direction, but interestingly, they have most people on their side. Will Google become the next Microsoft?
Please give us a link. We slashdotters need something to slashdot.
And I would like to add that there are many more indirect monetary benefits:
1. Things like rent, insurance that you pay in India is exempt from tax.
2. The companies in India are allowed to give a free meal to their employees.
3. Some companies also expense other things like telephone bill, car loans, etc.
So, basically, for $750, there is hardly any exploitation of the worker.
You are absolutely right. Infact, I once realized that for the place I lived in (Seattle, WA), for most of the year, the only way to save the electricity bill is by improving the effectiveness of the thermal insulation in appartments. Just think about it, all appliances like refrigerators, T.V.s, computers, lights, eventually convert their electricity to heat. Theoretically, the thermostat should be able to detect the temperature change when these appliances are used, and compensate for it by having the room heater consume less power. So, it doesn't matter whether I stay in bed all day, or I stay up all night with my appartment as bright as a studio. I will always consume the same amount of power. The only way to save power is to change the setting on the thermostat at nights, which I never did.
I concluded that most of the heat would dissipate through a large French window in my apartment. So, the only way for me to have saved the electricity bill was to have the window modified. I think this is true of most houses (and also many offices) in the northern parts of the U.S - basically the only way to save power is to either tinker with the settings of the thermostat, or to improve the effectiveness of the thermal insulation. It is useless to turn off lights, computers and other appliances. Ofcourse, this is not true in summer, and also in places where A.C. is used, and not heating.
I agree with you. But, it looks like the president is there to help you. If he extends Daylight savings for another 4 months, that's it! We can be done away with Daylight savings! It is just that we'd all be living in a different time zone.
Imagine if I spilt coffee on this ...