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Discussion on: Why do programmers wear headphones? For the same reason that you can’t juggle.

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Andrew Byrne

Nice article Andrew. I have sensory processing problems that I only understood more recently because my young son suffers from the same issue. Like father, like son :-). I' affected by most senses but noise while coding is rough. While coding my concentration level rises and, as it does, all sound around me becomes mega-amplified. Rain falling on my attic bedroom when I was younger would tap, taP, tAP, TAP louder as time passed.

Over the years headphones have helped and, believe it or not, I play more or less the same tracks that I've been playing for over two decades. Those, plus a Neil Young station on Pandora. So, it is like white noise but I find the difference is that when things are going well I can code to the songs. Radiohead's "The Bends" for those times, for example, when I plough through some code refactoring.

Keep up the great writing!
Andrew