<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">Thanks for the laughs Paul, you brightened up my morning. And yes, it all sounds dreadful from an ‘actually getting shit done’ point of view.<br></div>
<div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Rory Sinclair<br></div><div>Head of Technology</div><div>ASMALLWORLD</div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Friday, 1 August 2014 at 12:08, Paul Robinson wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Pardon me for being a grump. But!<br></div><div><br></div><div>On 1 August 2014 11:37, Louis Goff-Beardsley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:louis@infinitiumglobal.com" target="_blank">louis@infinitiumglobal.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</span></span></span><u></u>Table football tables IN THE OFFICE. <u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u>I know that sounds crazy. These are work places and table football is a recreational activity. These companies break the rules and simply just don’t care.</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That sounds awful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm not in the market, but if I took this role and was trying to get work done - and if I had signed a £500/day contract (equivalent to £100k/year on 200 work days/year), I would feel professionally obliged to ship code pretty consistently - having a bunch of people next to my desk playing table football would be incredibly distracting. I'd probably have to insist on working from home.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I get it, work + play = less stress.</div><div><br></div><div>But, you know, we're here to work, right? And developers need peace and quiet, yes? So how is being constantly interrupted a perk?<br>
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<div><br></div><div>Or is getting work done a bit too boring these days? I'm clearly getting old. :-)</div><div> </div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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</span></span></span><u></u>Relaxed dress code. Finally no need to wear a suit and tie every single day.</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I haven't worn a tie every single day since I left school.</div><div><br></div>
<div>I don't think I have ever seen a Ruby developer in a suit and tie in a professional context (weddings, etc., sure).</div><div> <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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</span></span></span><u></u>Unique chance to be free and express yourself with clothes.</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That sounds a little bit <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhAr_UeroCk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhAr_UeroCk</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm also not sure it's that unique. Have you walked around Old Street recently? Preeeeeeeeetty crazy fashions out there. There's a lot of expression going on in this town.</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>Various locations around London.<br><u></u></p></div></blockquote></div><br>Hackney AND Shoreditch? :-D</div></div>
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