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"I have a short attention span, a very short one, and I have very, abnormally poor energy levels, to such a point that while my physical strength can be up to snuff, my mind is always running at 8Mhz. I am a programmer. This is a problem. However, I find that some places are better to code at than others. If I can sit somewhere upright, looking down at the monitor, in a comfortable position, I can sometimes get some work done, and if my monitor is large, soft, and bright, I am better off still. Do soylentils have issues with location? What would you suggest for being able to sit down and code for hours, something I have NEVER been able to do?"
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Finding a Productive Place to Code?
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by DECbot on Monday March 24 2014, @01:20PM
I wear headphones, but no lectures, music, or anything that I would find mentally interesting. I usually throw on podcasts from theperfectmix.fm at a soft volume to tune out the normal office noises and conversations. I'd barely notice the passage of time while listening to a 3-hour trance session while coding or illustrating. It all sounds like the same song anyway.
Coffee helps too. But somewhere between 1.25 liters and snorting crushed beans, I find that it becomes counter productive and I can't concentrate on anything.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday March 24 2014, @01:30PM
I tried headphones at a previous workplace, and it didn't work well at all. The problem was that assholes kept coming up behind me and tapping me on the shoulder because they wanted something from me, instead of simply sending me an email (or just approaching from the front if talking face-to-face is soooo fucking important). I got so tired of being startled several times a day I stopped wearing them. Then I was miserable dealing with all the commotion and noise, from the A/C unit directly over my head and all the people walking by and sitting on my desk and having chat sessions with the other people in my workgroup. I finally got so sick of it I walked out one day.
(Score: 3, Informative) by wjwlsn on Monday March 24 2014, @01:47PM
Post a sign: "I'm concentrating. Send me an email. I guarantee a much better response that way. Interrupt me now at your own peril."
I am a traveler of both time and space. Duh.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Monday March 24 2014, @02:01PM
This really is required. Put on the back of your chair or something. I used to think it was kind of a dick-ish thing to do, but it's a lot better for everyone than what happens after I'm interrupted for the fourth time while trying to get a complicated piece of threaded code written.
(Score: 2) by mth on Monday March 24 2014, @02:06PM
When I want to concentrate, I either play music I know very well or instrumental music with a simple structure. That way, the music suppresses distracting sounds while not being a distraction itself. I always play it at mid volume though, since low-volume music involuntarily takes effort for me to listen to (trying to make out details).
(Score: 2, Insightful) by i7quad on Monday March 24 2014, @10:46PM
This ^^ ... I do hate, what I can barely hear the music, like someone has the radio on, but I can't really make, what it is playing ...brain(s) starts concentrating on that ... what a distraction