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I'm about to look for my first programming job. However, I am easily distracted by noise and the feeling of being watched. It reduces my productivity and increases my stress level a lot. The problem is that open offices seem to have become the norm. Am I likely to find a job with a small office or cubicle instead of a loud open office panopticon? How should I approach the job search to achieve this? It's hard to tell the working conditions from job postings because even when they include photos, it's usually some irrelevant bullshit like the lobby, conference room, or foosball table. I've considered looking for a remote job, but a lot of people on the Internet say that it's not a good idea for a first job because you learn a lot less than face-to-face.

if the interviewer says that their office encourages a "collaborative environment", that means open office.. all of my dev jobs, nobody has looked over my shoulder, all of my managers had some technical background, and they understand how stressful the work can be, so they don't bug you

I don't work in one, but I've heard most lower management at established tech companies are aware of how distracting people can find open office plans and will provide things like noise-cancelling headphones to employees that ask for them.

>>34137 lower management at big tech is generally somewhat competent, because generally they're just senior engineers. Pray you never land in their shoes because then you will have to answer directly to middle and upper management, who are all incompetent fuarrrkwits.