Reading variables is hard.

Ironically if I were writing code I would've been much more verbose, like offersPrivateOffice, canWorkFromHome etc.

I think it's a learned skill. Reading academic papers is impossible without it. Perhaps a happy medium would be two or three letter acronyms.

And so much of reading variables is about context.

It would have been much much better to just use the first letters, like A for Android, P for private office, H for working from home.

> Anybody else think of any work paradigms that satisfy more of these conditions?

Maybe in a university, like a research assistant (I'm thinking med/bio projects that need serious infrastructure). If it's a well-funded university, I could see all being a yes, except C.

No, even the university where I work is dumping its IT people in an open office cesspit next year.

I'm over 50, and I don't mind meetings or mentoring juniors, but I absolutely hate open offices. I will probably start looking for remote jobs next year. I can't wear headphones or earbuds for more than an hour or two a day (I get ear infections), and that still doesn't guarantee some jerk wont come tap you on the shoulder and startle you out of a year's growth.

Open offices are detrimental to health (60% increase in sick time), productivity (25% - 60% productivity drop), and interactions with coworkers (72% less time in face-to-face interactions). They throw away value (productivity, interactions, lower stress) for a small savings on real estate. They are only loved by cargo-cult management, IMO.

It would be nice to see it in a table

            P W D ! G M ! L I
            O F R M M F T O N
            F H D T G C U S W
  ---------------------------
  indepCoCo Y Y y n ? ? Y n Y
  bigTrendy N ? Y n ? n n n ?
    startup N ? Y y ? n n n ?
  bigBore$$ ? ? y N ? y ? y n

subjectively encoded into 5 point Nn?yY scale.

It's a bit difficult to find, but some large companies run small "skunkworks" research teams largely independent of the main operations. This gives you the general working style of a startup (unusual latitude, variety of work, small and unbureaucratic teams) with the funding and job security of working for a larger company - with some caveats, I imagine.

I wouldn't put too much emphasis on 'older colleagues' - it's good to have a range of ages on a team for the different attitudes that they bring. As long as everyone respects one another, it's an asset, not a problem.

Working in a research org: A possible especially in a senior position; B possible; C yes, depending on the project; D possible; E tossup; F quite likely; G possible; H yes; I definitely.

Good luck