Also bonus tip: I’ve worked in open offices for years and this year switched to wearing foam ear plugs instead of listening to music, and it’s a night and day d

Also bonus tip: I’ve worked in open offices for years and this year switched to wearing foam ear plugs instead of listening to music, and it’s a night and day difference in productivity for me. It takes a couple of days to get used to and people will just start talking to you but everyone eventually learns you have ear plugs in. I actually built a device for that specific problem for headphones: https://github.com/joer14/hackers-doorbell https://github.com/joer14/hackers-doorbell I still sometimes listen to music, but now when I do I realize how distracted it can make me and I only utilize it when I’m warming up or losing steam and need a mental change of scenery.