Re:Context switching costs more than we give it credit for
by resonious on Sunday January 17, 2021 @10:16PM
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Completely agree.
Thinking about it, though, I find myself reaching for music when it feels like my mind wants to wander and not focus on my job. Once the music is on, my mind has an immediate outlet for wandering - it jumps to the music while I'm still looking at the code. So while maybe music and programming do compete for resources, music maybe acts as a sort of safety net that makes it less likely for me to derail completely.
Thinking about it, though, I find myself reaching for music when it feels like my mind wants to wander and not focus on my job. Once the music is on, my mind has an immediate outlet for wandering - it jumps to the music while I'm still looking at the code. So while maybe music and programming do compete for resources, music maybe acts as a sort of safety net that makes it less likely for me to derail completely.