On a flight this week I mentioned to the person sitting next to me that I had worked from a home office for the past 15 years and they were surprised that the distractions of working from home didn’t interfere with getting my work done.
In my case, my office is in a separate building across the drive-way from my house. It has separate power, heating, air conditioning, internet access, alarm system, video surveillance, and killer guard dog 
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Above is were I spend most of my day. It’s about 4 or 5 times the size of an average cubicle and there is room for 4 of these areas.
I calculate that I could comfortably house 10-12 people
I have too much hardware but keep some of it for retro testing. The CRTs are heavy but all high resolution.
Geeks need a great library, and yes “junior”, I know about e-books. Everyone in my family owns a Kindle but I’m old school and there is something about holding a “real” book that still appeals to me.
I have a separate A/V area with sound dampening for recording podcasts and other audio.
Note the green screen and studio lighting for video production.
The down side of have an office that is a 20 step community from home is that it’s easy top spend too much time there !
wow..i thought I had alot of books! Now i don’t feel so bad.
Awesome …
Wow! Hectic. But don’t you find some of it a bit distracting? 😀
Naw, I thrive on chaos !
Do you enjoy all of that amazing work space alone or is there a lucky someone from time to time? By the way, I know what you mean about holding a real book in your hands.
No, its just me and my dogs
Love the post but I have to know. How many of those books have you really read? That is seriously more than my local bookstore by a good mile or two. I thought I was a book whore but clearly I need to work on some speed reading skills.
I’ve read probably 1/2 of them cover to cover. Others I read specific chapters of interest.
That is a truly amazing library Joe. What’s even more amazing is that you’ve actually read every one of thoose books. And we know it
Of course it’s a real office. Those cubicle collections, not so much.
M Henley
That is one awesome office Joe and an amazing library that any geek would be envious of, I echo your sentiment on owning physical books vs e-books. How long have you been building that collection up for?
Nasa called, they want some of their screens back for the control room!
One day I hope to have an office this spacious!
I really like seeing these kinds of pictures. I have a home office as well however I prefer a minimalist (clean desk, and shelves) environment. Today, I literally just cleared my office of all but 3 or 4 technical books. I have been accumulating books for 6-8 years and it was definitely time to start fresh.
I use 4 x 20″ lcd’s and have migrated primarily to electronic resources over the years. Would love to have a separate building-office setup. One day I hope…
Thanks again for the pictures.
That’s awesome. But do you feel lonely when you work in your own office?
I’ve been threatening to the wife to by the lot next to me or across the street and build a *man cave* / *home office*. Park my boat in it, home office, etc. One day…. one day.
Joe that office is so AWESOME! That picture could be blown up and used one of those cliche motivational or converserly a sarcastic remark could be placed under it, like “So you want to be a programmer? Good Luck” or something like that. Bookmarked
I wish to have same.. Love the Environment you had there..:) Can we visit often there just to spend some time in you library 😉