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human
Can you listen to anything while you work?

Hey all.

Recently I got a new job working in Ruby. Before this I only worked in the front-end in React and CSS. I could listen to any music I wanted to, and sometimes even podcasts. 

Now that I am working with Ruby, and doing a lot of backend stuff, I can’t even listen to classical music or soundtracks. Any noise makes it harder to figure out what I am doing and I need complete silence. 

Ruby is a *relatively* new language for me, but its weird how I can’t focus with even classical music.


Anyone else who works in backend who has a similar experience?
gpt
Music serves the same purpose as fidget toys. It adds cognitive load, which is a good thing when you're doing something too simple to keep you challenged. 

But when you're in a very new environment with new tech; your cognitive load is already maxed out.