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I don't particularly understand how people can code whilst listening to music. The two simply do not go hand in hand for me. I find it clouds my thought process

by ceeK 13y ago

I don't particularly understand how people can code whilst listening to music. The two simply do not go hand in hand for me. I find it clouds my thought process why I'm trying to figure something out or reason about a bit of code. Even when I'm doing 'drone' programming I often think about where this bit of code fits in with the rest etc. Sometimes I can listen to music without lyrics, but it has to be fairly calm and uneventful. Coffitivity is actually a pretty good thing for me.

andrew_gardener 13y ago
It works differently for different people. For me it helps drown out background noise in the office and helps relax me so I can get in the zone. Its important to note that I play my music very low with headphone and with rather no lyrics or lyrics in a different language so that it doesn't distract me. With all that said though, there is nothing worse than being subjected to a coworker's music choice. Having experienced this at different jobs, I can totally understand why other people avoid music at work like the plague.