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[tinyjo]

I think when they ask me my weakness at interviews one of them is going to have to be a low tolerance to background noise. When there's just the general chat of the office going on I can put my headphones on and that’s more or less OK but I find it really hard to do anything complex without them on - my train of thought gets disrupted. I assume the reason this doesn't happen when I've got them on is because I know what to expect - I can't really work with the radio on for example but CDs work fine.

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Noise bad

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Discussion of background noise and why good working conditions are a good idea: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000068.html

I can often tune out background noise, but it depends on the noise. I find conversations taking place a desk or two away very distracting, especially when neither participant understands the topic the way I do. I especially cannot ignore people arguing. Often this ends up with my fleeing to the kitchen to make tea as an excuse to escape the noise.

I've tried using headphones, but I don't like having them turnedf up loud -- it makes my ears hurt -- and if they are not turned up loud I can still hear people arguing, I just can't hear the words...

-- Damian

Re: Noise bad

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I'm OK with headphones for filtering out background noise but arguements always get me. The guy next to me has very strident and grumpy arguements over the phone which drives me nuts!