I am going to venture a guess here that the type (and volume) of music you listen to vastly affects your output productivity. I know people that write code to l

I am going to venture a guess here that the type (and volume) of music you listen to vastly affects your output productivity. I know people that write code to loud death metal. You see them hammering their fingers on the keyboard obviously in sync to the music, their feet making beats on the floor. Other people listen to altrock or whatever the kids listen to these days; I'm such an awful hipster. I feel like I can guarantee these people aren't making breakthroughs. I cannot listen to any kind of music while programming except ambient/chillout electronic (Solar Fields, Carbon-Based Lifeforms, Sync24, Aes Dana, Asura, etc). This music has no lyrics, and most importantly gets me into flow extremely quickly and keeps me there longer than if I didn't listen to music. When I am in flow, I have personal "genius breakthroughs", full stop. If there is a benefit to working in a quiet room, I have never noticed it over the twenty years I've been programming.