Anandhu Manoj Posted on Oct 9, 2018 Listening to a podcast while coding, a good idea? Your thoughts. #discuss #podcast Top comments (3) Subscribe Personal Trusted User Create template Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Submit Preview Dismiss Collapse Expand Frederik 👨💻➡️🌐 Creemers Frederik 👨💻➡️🌐 Creemers Frederik 👨💻➡️🌐 Creemers Follow I'm never sure what to put in a bio. If there's anything you want to know, don't be afraid to ask! Email frederikcreemers@gmail.com Location Maastricht, the Netherlands Education Knowledge Engineering & Data Science at Maastricht University Pronouns he/him Work Developer at TalkJS Joined Mar 22, 2017 • Mar 26 '19 Dropdown menu Copy link Hide I sometimes do, but it has to be: 1) a podcast I'm not really invested in. I have a couple of podcasts that I often put on in the background, where I don't care if I miss parts. 2) It has to be work that feels quite repetitive, where the thinking work has already happened. Collapse Expand Anandhu Manoj Anandhu Manoj Anandhu Manoj Follow Location Laniakea SC || 0.0.0.0 Education Bachelor Degree Work Backend Developer Joined Aug 25, 2018 • Oct 9 '18 Dropdown menu Copy link Hide My personal opinion, I have tried listening to a podcast while coding, but it wasn't effective though. I found that listening to anything other than music( or ? ) was distracting. Collapse Expand APixel Visuals APixel Visuals APixel Visuals Follow JavaScript, HTML, and CSS programmer based in Seattle, Washington. Email apixelvisualsofficial@gmail.com Location Seattle, Washington Joined Sep 17, 2018 • Oct 9 '18 Dropdown menu Copy link Hide I wouldn't since to me it's more of a distraction. Code of Conduct • Report abuse Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well Confirm For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
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I sometimes do, but it has to be:
1) a podcast I'm not really invested in. I have a couple of podcasts that I often put on in the background, where I don't care if I miss parts.
2) It has to be work that feels quite repetitive, where the thinking work has already happened.
My personal opinion, I have tried listening to a podcast while coding, but it wasn't effective though. I found that listening to anything other than music( or ? ) was distracting.
I wouldn't since to me it's more of a distraction.