It drowns out all the background noise in my own head. Otherwise every moment I'm waiting for the compiler, or not fully engaged in my work, I'll end up getting side-tracked and thinking about something else.
It also soothes me. Though I tend to have music that sometimes matches the moods. I tend to listen to more ambient stuff in the morning, and more intense stuff as the day goes on.
I don't like headphones though, and thus when working in an office listen to a lot less music. I ususally work at home where I have a proper sound system, and no compressed sound files.
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It drowns out all the background noise in my own head. Otherwise every moment I'm waiting for the compiler, or not fully engaged in my work, I'll end up getting side-tracked and thinking about something else.
It also soothes me. Though I tend to have music that sometimes matches the moods. I tend to listen to more ambient stuff in the morning, and more intense stuff as the day goes on.
I don't like headphones though, and thus when working in an office listen to a lot less music. I ususally work at home where I have a proper sound system, and no compressed sound files.