3 47 Too Long Pursuing Dragons
3 47 Too Long Pursuing Dragons Music from "The Storm Peaks", Copyright � Blizzard Entertainment My Gaming At Work The quiet clacking of keys on keyboards peeked out of the several cubes near me; I was oblivious to their gaze. Noise-cancelling ear buds were plugged into my head; only a tap on the shoulder could get my attention. This was how I preferred to program, especially when focused on volumetric tasks : chunks of coding that required little brain activity, outweighed by the time invested to complete. For these tasks any sort of music did the job, putting me into a trance-like state where code flowed from my fingers as fast as I could type it. This was in contrast to tasks that required I stop and think things through; often the case with bug fixes or modifying the entire codebase for consistency, a term folks in my industry dubbed refactoring . Under these more grueling tasks, instrumental music was all my brain could withstand. Songs with lyrics, spoken word, comedy....