What is a software company in the United States?

Early in the morning, lixyvip sent an article entitled "What is a software company in the United States?" It's hard to see the creative design of the boss of such an interesting software company. It's very special to go to your blog. Hope lixyvip doesn't mind.

The original article is as follows:

Joel's Fog Creek Software company changed its office location, which gave him a chance to practice his opinion. During the design of the new Office, Joel said that he mainly considered two points:

1) it is conducive to improving work (programming) efficiency.ProgramPeople need to think a lot of things, so all the distracting factors in the office environment should be minimized to ensure that programmers can concentrate.

2) There should be a large open public space for everyone to eat together and hold group activities, which can enhance the company's cohesion and sense of belonging.

Joel posted a new office photo on his blog. It looks good, even the New York Times has made a special report.

I have selected some posts and hope that I will have the opportunity to work in such an environment in the future.

1. The new office is at No. 55 Broadway, New York. This office building was built in 1983, with a total of 32 floors and Fog Creek on 25th floors. This location is located in the lower District of New York, a little more than 5 kilometers away from Central Park. Joel did not disclose the rent of the new office, but said that the rent accounts for 10% of the company's annual income. He also said that the average rental of office buildings in the lower urban area of New York is $52 per square foot per year ($95 in the upper urban and middle urban areas ). The new office has a total area of 10700 square feet (equivalent to 1000 m² square meters) and the total renovation cost is nearly $0.5 million.

2. The office building is located in the south of Manhattan Island. You can view the bay and see the Statue of Liberty.

3. The company's entrance decorated with bamboo.

4. The main color of the company's front-end is very warm orange.

5. The sofa beside the front desk for guests to rest.

6. There is a sofa in the rest area of the company. If you are tired of working, you can sit here and chat.

7. The center of the entire office is a large aquarium.

8. The canteen is for everyone to eat and engage in activities. Fog Creek currently has 25 people.

 

 

9. The canteen was changed.

 

10. The downstairs is Broadway Street.

11. Small meetings can also be opened in the canteen.

 

12. All meals are buffet.

13. Everyone is at dinner.

14. coffee bar.

15. You can cook what you like.

16. At one end of the canteen is a projector and hanging screen, which can be used to watch movies, play games and sing rock and roll.

17. Every programmer has an independent office that can close the door. This is very important for Joel, because it is conducive to improving programming efficiency.

18. Each programmer is equipped with two 30 inch monitors. The workbench is long.

19. Work scenarios.

20. Library. You can come here to read books or take a nap on the lounge chair.

21. There is a wooden floor corridor around the entire office. You can ride a scooter on it. In addition, the office space is covered with carpets, while the dining room is covered with marble.

22. Small meeting room. The right side is Joel.

23. Shower. You can ride a bicycle, run to work, or go out to play basketball, take a bath, and then go to work.

24. Bathroom.

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Conclusion:

The top priority of software companies is to find first-class talents. Different from other industries, software is a pure intellectual product. If you have any programmers, you have any software. This is related to the survival of software companies.