>Adora Cheung opted to sit among employees, rather than in a swanky corner office.
It's a pretty sad state when it's considered admirable and rare that the CEO of a company that is spending other people's money, and making none, doesn't have a "swanky" corner office.
Wow, pretty sweeping generalization. You can't think of anyone who might prefer an open office arrangement, or you can't think of anyone like you who would prefer it?
If they are engineers/devs, I think they should at minimum have the option to close the door and get some work done, or at least have quiet spaces to work in from time to time.
Quite probably not more than all the "lose on every sale, make it up on volume" shenanigans VC land does with VC money.
Personally I am getting to a point where I would be thrilled with even a "grad student" setup: three desks to a room and if someone needs to talk they go into the corridor if not a meeting room.
It cannot be that expensive to give people working with their minds some peace and quiet to think.
It's a pretty sad state when it's considered admirable and rare that the CEO of a company that is spending other people's money, and making none, doesn't have a "swanky" corner office.