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Role of Music in a Web Developer’s Daily Work-Life
By Harrison Barnes of CPlusPlusCrossing
C plus plus (C++) is a rather odd term affiliated with computer software and Java script developers. But then again, there are a lot of acronyms and nicknames and other computer jargon that are strange and sometimes hard to remember. Unless, of course, you've been doing this forever or simply speak the language. There are some people who are born speaking computer jargon and can rattle off bits of code like it's a commonplace language. I'm not quite so advanced in my computer lingo, but I have enough of it down to land me a solid job and skip right past the C plus plus tutorial. C primer plus and C plus plus programming jobs can be tedious, but they allow me to listen to music while I work and that's really all I care about. Since they have us writing code all day, and most of that code is common knowledge; it requires very little energy to do my job. I simply put myself on autopilot for half of the day and focus on other things. I've even gone through some audio books while I work. That was a little more challenging and I made a lot more mistakes when I did that, so I don't intend to do that anymore. I don't want to get fired. But when I listen to music, I think I work faster and make fewer mistakes. This was my argument when I asked for permission to listen to music while I worked. My co-workers objected to computer speakers, so I'm forced to wear headphones during the day. Which is fine by me. It's a little unfortunate that I can't join in on their conversations most of the time due to the fact that I can't hear them, so I don't know when they're talking or what they're talking about. Occasionally, I'll take off my headphones and find them all in the thick of a conversation. I try joining in with a few of my own thoughts, but they just look at me like I'm on a completely different page. Sometimes they tell me I'm on a completely different page. So I just go back to my music. Different kinds of music create different moods for me. Some help me work faster, while others just make me irritated. I used to listen to punk and hard rock a lot, but found that it was making me really tense throughout the day and I would be more easily annoyed by my co-workers. I would snap at them for little, trivial things that wouldn't normally bother me, and they would look at me like I was crazy. So I started listening to lighter music that wasn't so angry. So I turned to classical and jazz. Classical music really makes my mind think differently. I compartmentalize all my thoughts much better, in a more organized fashion. I can often think of multiple concepts and projects simultaneously and I multi-task more efficiently. So that's definitely a helpful factor when I work. I mentioned this to my boss and he's now considering playing classical music on the overhead speakers for everyone to listen to. I think I sold him on the idea and he says he's going to give it a try next week. So we'll see what happens. For the first time in 3 years, I won't have to wear my headphones at work. Maybe I'll actually be able to join in on some office conversations. Jazz music also changes my mood quite a bit. It makes me more creative and spontaneous. I get a little more bold and daring when I listen to jazz. I feel like I can do things I normally would be hesitant about doing. It really pushes me outside my comfort zone a little and lowers my established inhibitions. I started a jazz music collection, starting with some new artists: Jamie Cullum, Shaun Barrowes and Diana Krall, and also purchasing some classics like John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and Harry Connick, Jr. This is really fun music to listen to and a nice change from classical. Sometimes I get a little tired of classical and jazz is a perfect answer to that boredom. It's like the opposite of classical. In classical, everything is so structured and organized, while jazz is all free form and improvisation. I wonder if jazz is a response to classical. People were tired of set rules and regulations, so they broke free of it and did whatever they pleased. There is a sort of freedom depicted in jazz music! Well, I've been doing java script programming for 3 years now, and I'm about ready to move onto something else. I haven't really ever enjoyed working in this field, but it has been nice to get paid while I listen to my favorite music. So I'm debating between moving to another job where I'll actually enjoy what I do more, or staying where I'm comfortable and allowed to listen to whatever I want. Classical music would convince me to stay and play it safe, whereas jazz music would coerce me into doing something new and audacious. So it all depends on which music I decide to listen to. Which shall it be today? I fear that if I listen to jazz all week, I might do something rash that I'll regret later. I might storm out of the office or simply start driving somewhere and never return. I might do something a little too spontaneous. However, if I listen to classical music all week, I might feel a little too confined by the strictness of their musical rules and might still do something rash to break free of it all. So do I take my chances or should I just break free and prevent myself from doing it at the wrong time? |
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