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I wish that worked. I'm in an open plan office where I constantly need the headphone to drown out the noise all the other things happening (people talking to ea
by michh 13y ago
I wish that worked. I'm in an open plan office where I constantly need the headphone to drown out the noise all the other things happening (people talking to each other, marketing people making phone calls, people walking about, etc) so that'd mean I'd be constantly unapproachable. I'd actually like that, but I'm pretty sure my co-workers and employer wouldn't.
A friend works in an office where headphones are even banned because they create too much of a barrier to talk to a co-worker. I'd go absolutely crazy there in less than a week.
- ryandrake 13y agoDealing with interruptions and distractions while remaining focused on the problem at hand is a valuable skill that takes time and effort to hone. Any hacker can write code while in a closed office, wearing headphones, shut off from the world. Great hackers can write code while E-mails come in, people drop by with questions, Julie over in BizDev is yacking on the phone with some vendor, and the PM is asking if you've filled out your TPS report this week.
- enraged_camel 13y agoThere is a great deal of research that says otherwise. You can start reading here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interruption_science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interruption_science
- Dewie 13y agoMaybe this will become a new "zen" thing - calm and collected in the midst of chaos. Though even though it might something that great programmers can do, they might be even more effective if they get to remove some of those distractions.
- diminoten 13y agoI'm okay with not being a great hacker, then. I need my quiet.
- diminoten 13y agoIs it weird that something as little as that is something I'd literally ignore and possibly get fired over?
- michh 13y agoNot to me, but my perspective is far from the definition of normal ;)