Having worked on a trading floor: noise is all around you: whether its people shouting at each other or the non-stop drone of CNBC in the background. I can say

Having worked on a trading floor: noise is all around you: whether its people shouting at each other or the non-stop drone of CNBC in the background. I can say that the former was always very distracting but the latter was always welcome and did boost productivity and focus.