Dead quiet or making some noise?
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
Complete silence. Since that's rarely possible at work (during normal work hours), I feed my head with white noise. /ravi
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
Some quiet music helps me...
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
Utter Silence. No-one can hear you scream in white-space.
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
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Always noise/music. But it has to be a (to me) well known Metal album. New (to me) music is distracting.
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
That depends on whether I'm at the office or at home. The office is a noisy environment; without my headphones on and music playing, I'm too distracted by others' comings, goings, rantings, ravings, and pleadings to concentrate. My home is quiet, except for the occasional boisterous visit from my Newf or my German Shepherd, so there I don't need to "blockade my ears" against an adverse auditory environment.
If I were God-Emperor of the Universe and could compel my work environment to be one way or the other, I'd opt for silence...but God-Emperors don't often have to read or write C++ code. At least, none of the ones I know do much of it.
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
It depends really... When I have something complex that I think to think about on how to aproach it, then music just makes me go crazy and I end up throwing the headphones across the room most times. If I have to develop soe code but I already have the aproach and design figured out and layed out in my notebook ( can't go without paper sheets still, there is no substitute to scribling with a pen when you are trying to figure something out ) then i jsut put on some music to get my gears going. Same as when I am doing routine/maintenance/data adjustments. As for the style, depends on the mood. From metalica to dubstep to classical music to rap. It's just random :doh:
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That depends on whether I'm at the office or at home. The office is a noisy environment; without my headphones on and music playing, I'm too distracted by others' comings, goings, rantings, ravings, and pleadings to concentrate. My home is quiet, except for the occasional boisterous visit from my Newf or my German Shepherd, so there I don't need to "blockade my ears" against an adverse auditory environment.
If I were God-Emperor of the Universe and could compel my work environment to be one way or the other, I'd opt for silence...but God-Emperors don't often have to read or write C++ code. At least, none of the ones I know do much of it.
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Fran Porretto wrote:
If I were God-Emperor of the Universe [...] but God-Emperors don't often have to read or write C++ code.
Was that a Dune or a Warhammer 40k reference? Either way, :thumbsup:
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Fran Porretto wrote:
If I were God-Emperor of the Universe [...] but God-Emperors don't often have to read or write C++ code.
Was that a Dune or a Warhammer 40k reference? Either way, :thumbsup:
Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater. Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater. Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.
(chuckle) Neither, in all sincerity. It's more of a "stock phrase" for me. Others might say "If I were King," but, as God-Emperors hire and fire mere Kings, I tend to go with the more exalted title.
Apropos of titles, someone once asked me, in a completely different context, what title I would choose if I could choose whatever I like. After some thought, I selected one from Jack Vance: "Plenipotentiary High Exterminator." It has a rather authoritative, don't-mess-with-me sound, doesn't it?
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(chuckle) Neither, in all sincerity. It's more of a "stock phrase" for me. Others might say "If I were King," but, as God-Emperors hire and fire mere Kings, I tend to go with the more exalted title.
Apropos of titles, someone once asked me, in a completely different context, what title I would choose if I could choose whatever I like. After some thought, I selected one from Jack Vance: "Plenipotentiary High Exterminator." It has a rather authoritative, don't-mess-with-me sound, doesn't it?
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Fran Porretto wrote:
Plenipotentiary High Exterminator [...] It has a rather authoritative, don't-mess-with-me sound, doesn't it?
Yeah, kinda does, but again I'm stuck with Warhammer references today, so that makes me think of this badelephant[^]
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
In the office I HAVE to be wearing my headphones, even if nothing is playing in them. I have worn headphones since the late 1990s. Before internet radio I would wear 2 sets simultaneously, one set was plugged into the radio and the other into the PC so I could hear all my audio cues, break point sounds, new mail notification, the special sound event that was tied to email from my wife because I NEVER ignore those. People are more polite to someone wearing headphones because you appear to be concentrating more. Music, eclectic, ChristianRock.net to bluegrass to Celtic to Chuck Berry to BowWowWow to HappyHardcore. Music goes off at noon for Rush Limbaugh as been my habit for nearly 25 years. Don't care if you with agree with him or not, I do so I listen. At home, it comes through speakers.
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
Definitely music in the background. Otherwise part of my mind wants to create some and I'd rather have 100% of my mind working on the problem. WinAmp runs in the background and I have several playlists. One for general programming and a special set called Hot Programming with a beat to encourage speed.
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
If I can get complete and total silence, then I prefer silence, otherwise I put some electronic (Trance) music either on speakers or headphones.
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
Yes. Depends on my mental state at the time. I have some headphones with 29dB passive noise reduction (converted shooters muffs) that allow me to choose whatever I need to aid my concentration.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
I listen to Bluegrass music. Ricky Scaggs, Earl Scruggs, Tony Trishka, etc. The beat is always fast and melodies can be tuned in or out as needed. Definately do not code in a quiet room!
"Courtesy is the product of a mature, disciplined mind ... ridicule is lack of the same - DPM"
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I'm sitting here trying to get a project out for a customer by Workboat Show (link[^] if you are interested in marine automation)... Anyway, I've been family jewels to the wall on this project for the past 2 weeks, and will continue to be for the next 3 weeks, including 2 weeks of travel in there. I have an insane amount of work to get done and I find that having some fast-beat music at just under conversation volume going in the background helps me concentrate and get this stuff done. So do you prefer to work in complete silence, or with something in the background?
I read new stuff, documentation, etc. in complete silence. I write code while listening to music. It is important for music and thoughts to be able to distract you. Programming is far more complex for the brain than listening to music. So at certain point music become background, so I don't listen to it anymore. When this happens it still distract me for explicitly think about the code I write, so I think more about the idea of what I want to write and how it'll happen, but actual coding become reflex. Then I write the best code, until the distraction become too much, so never do this at work.
