Spend half an hour finding music to listen to while I code; Pause it after 30 seconds to concentrate on refactoring. Stays paused for rest of day.

Really getting the most out of those expensive new headphones.

new rule in company

No headphones while coding

job hunting start......

Slow Internet connection and people who don't follow the Headphones Rules

Listening to two girls argue about how thin their eyebrows are is what you deserve for forgetting your headphones at home

Yep lol

Me: *Puts on headphones*

5 minutes later

College: Hey man you busy?
Me: *Takes off headphones*
Me: I am, but what's the issue?

Help him, Put headphones back on.

5 minutes later

Intern: I need help
Me: *Takes off headphones*
Me: Fine, I've got time

Help her, Put headphones back on.
Beginning to feel a little pissed.

5 minutes later

PM: Can i get your help quickly?
Me: Can i finish this quickly?
PM: It won't take long
Me: Fine.
Me: *Takes off headphones*

Help her out, put headphones back on.

An hour later

Team Leader: Are you done yet?
Me: *Takes off headphones*
Me: Almost
Team Leader: How can you not be done yet?
Me: Ask everyone around you?

He bitches for about 30 minutes.

I decide not to put my headphones on and just float in the river of how pissed i am.

4 Fucken hours goes by, nobody wants jack shit.
Me: *Puts headphones on*

5 minutes later

Team Leader: Hey man can you help me out?
Me: *Takes off headphones*
Me: Sure Fine.

FUCK!!! EVERY! FUCKEN TIME!!!

I accidentally washed my headphones along with my clothes last night. One side has lost all bass 😢

On the plus side, they smell amazing.

Anyone else put in headphones with absolutely no intention of listening to anything, just to make people less likely to bother you?

I had this happen a few days ago...

R.I.P 🎧

Put headphones on when I got to work at 7:30am.. it's 3:10pm and I just realised I never started playing music 😑

Good rule...print it out and hang it up!

anybody else?

Myth: "Open offices leads to massive collaboration"

Reality: 2 people collaborates loudly, 30 others have to wear headphones to get anything done

Headphones on = I'm in a flow. Leave me the fuck alone.

I want to make a worm that recognizes when the user is using headphones and occasionally play a silent footstep sound behind them.

Computer: booted
Headphones: on
Music: playing
Volume: too loud
Terminal: open
Swearing: yes

I AM FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Obtain substances Caffeine and H2O.
Headphones engaged.
Music initiate.
Computer clock disabled.
Phone removed from scene.
Disengage with unecessary programs, systems at full power.
IDE interface at full visual view
Rubber duck deployed.
All systems programme!

Am I the only one that will have my headphones on (without music) just so people will not bother me?

FUCK OFF. It's 2 days before a deadline, I'm wearing headphones and clearly focused and you have the fucking audacity to interrupt me because you're fucking bored? Go light yourself on fire you fucking cunt

Listening to Linkin Park while coding.
Head banging, foot tapping, just singing along in my head.
Then the boss messaged me, "should we produce some tickets?".
Apparently, I'm singing rather loudly.
Earth, swallow me up now.

That awkward moment when you are programming with headphones totally ignoring the world around you... then you stop for a moment, you turn around and behind you the other workers are celebrating a birthday by drinking champagne and cutting slices of cake... since at least 5 minutes.

Didn't know that this was even possible? 🤔

Putting headphones on and being left alone

> *walking to school*
> *headphones on, music on*
> Kid wants to ask me something
> *takes off headphones*
"You're good with custom ROMs right?"
"Uuuh... Well, perhaps"
"Is it possible to install Windows on a Samsung tablet?"
> NO YOU DENSE MOTHERFUCKER
"No"
> *puts headphones back on*

Noise and people who just don't understand headphones = STFU 😒

Bought new headphones because my current ones' input fucked up again. Already ordered a new one for free but hours of traveling today without music isn't really an option for me.

New headphones don't work on devices without usb ports! 😭.

Went back to the store because I didn't know that and thought they were just failing and got it explained there. No money back because they were working fine.

Me: "well fuck me right now, then I'll just travel without music today :'(".
Guy: *grabs something from a closet thingy* "Here you go, a pair of earphones!"
Me: "Awesome! How much?"
Guy: "Enjoy your traveling man!".

😮

Thanks a thousand times to that guy!

New rule kicked in at work today....no headphones :@

I have just realized the music that was playing in my headphones stopped a long time ago and I've just been sitting here in silence with my headphones on listening to absolutely nothing.

I wonder when people will realize we wear headphones because we don't want to talk to them.

Having headphones on sure doesn't stop some asshat from trying to talk to me

You need an adapter to plug your iPhone into the new Macbook Pro 😂

Now if you have an iPhone 7:
you have iPhone headphones that can't be plugged into the MacBook
you have Mac headphones that can't be plugged into the iPhone
you have an iPhone that can't be plugged into the MacBook

Just wait until I remove my headphones before you start to talk to me...

Farting in a coworkers cubicle while he had headphones on and quietly walking away.

Why developers put on headphones while working..
For Music -20%
To ignore people around - 80%

My productivity hack: headphones and a simple sign that says "NO".
...works!

Sometimes wearing headphones isn't enough

Forgot my headphones at home, Monday can't be worse

Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) headphones in, whatever music that your mood requires at the time (my taste varies from classical to country to blues to jazz, pop, rock, metal and even heavy metal (growls) at times).

libre.fm is a good source for non-redundant music. The community channel is actually very good. (even though some crap do creep in every once in a while)

If you can zone out the noise around you, have a coffee machine within your chair's (assuming it has wheels) roll-range - you're all good.

PS : There's one problem that you can never rule out - interruptions from people around you, for that, you make a list of predefined answers :

Sometimes I like to wear headphones just so I can appear unavailable to people

Too much noise in my workplace, can't focus on my code,
bought 300 bucks noise cancelling headphones,
best money i've spent

This is how everything begun

The moment when you are so engrossed in your work that you forget that your earphones have not been playing any music for a while.

Today I gained thousand ++'s and got a dog... I left the dog home alone and
...

Headphones ON ears means DON'T disturb unless it's important.

Talking about the chance of rain is not f*ing important. Especially when it's the 10th effin time I'm interrupted by nonsense officetalk in one hour!

When I'm coding with my headphones on.

People gotta start understanding this!

This is going to be a very long day...
I forgot both headphones and glasses at home, RIP brain

* playing music on MacBook
* turn down volume
* plug in headphones
* volume jumps to max and ears bleed

Today is a disaster
Forgot my headphones again!

Headphones.. I miss 'em already

(I'm using Sennheiser bluetooth headphones)

Me: What device is that music coming from?
*checks desktop, nope*
*checks laptop, also nope*
*checks for phone, can't find phone*
*checks living room*
*checks bedroom*
*notices phone is in hand with google play music open*

Wireless headphones are weird.

Iphone 8: no headphones
Iphone x: no home button
Iphone 11: no speakers
Iphone 13: no camera
Iphone 15: no screen
Iphone 16: no phone

The next time you see developers wearing headphones, please understand that it's our most polite of saying:

"I'm in the freaking 'zone'. Don't you dare disturb my rhythm in coding and lose my momentum. Now unless it's reaaally that important, leave it in our group chat/email and I'll read it later."

Tap gently. We're at overdrive when we headbang to music while coding.

* me listening to something while coding
* something goes wrong, trying to fix it..

Takes time and no solution.

- ok this is serious *put headphones down*

I am sorry to disturb you but are you aware of things called headphones?

WHY DONT YOU FUCKING USE THEM?

This day is the worst ever, I can't do anything. I feel useless and Im much less productive than I use to be.

I hate it when I forget me headphones at home

My favorite part of being a developer is that no matter what craziness is going on in my life I can put on my headphones and lose myself in logical problem solving.

When someone tries talking to me and I have my headphones on

Headphones. The reason will be obvious.

Task: A mobile Application in less than an hour

- Headphones [x]
- Zone Music [x]
- Fan [x]
- Linux [x]
- VSCode [x]
- Terminal [x]

Now, let's get into the zone

Best part in my work place:
My Bluetooth headphones are still working inside the bathroom!

Headphones on, phone's screen facing the desk, 0 shits given about the world around me. That's pretty much it.

When you get up from your desk and your entire work space explodes...

... you left your headphones in

Since 4 weeks i have during work my noise cancelling headphones on, thanks to the new open space office.
I don't even hear my phone ringing 😂

headphones for avatars would be awesome! :D

This is how I work and my headphones are beats

Am I the only one who sometimes puts headphones without music?

That slightly awkward run to the bathroom when you've had your headphones in and been power typing since 10am ignoring the urge to pee

Stick my headphones in and ignore the world around me

When your company gifts wireless headphones for festive season and everyone starts pairing at the same time... you can connect to anyone!!

Come to work without headphones, great idea!

A long developement day start when you forget your headphones at home.

Headphones in, music up, full concentration on coding. So much that you've forgotten what the weather is like & SOMEONE DISTURBS YOU!

Worst part being a dev

I generally do anything on a computer with music

I get so annoyed when people just randomly start talking so I have to pause my music, take off my headphones and talk to them.

Wouldn't be a problem if the conversation wasn't completely useless to me... I know people like to be listened, but don't you see the headphones? it means that I don't want to chat with anyone...

What do you think of my DIY - Headphones? You need a rubber band to put them on but the sound is amazing!

!rant ~dev

I use my headphones religiously every time I code, as well as for things like tutorials & courses.

I was devastated that the slider switch on my pair of H8s snapped and I could no longer use them wirelessly.

I didn’t want to be without headphones for weeks while they were replaced abroad, so...

Hello upgrade. Hello business expense.

Lovely new pair of H9is.

Put earphones/headphones on but don't play any music. Just use them to block outside sounds.

Yeah dude, if I'm wearing my headphones it means "do not disturb"

Forgot my headphones today. Productivity is gonna plummet.

The amount of torture I've been through is too much. I gonna tell everyone. My headphones only work at an angle.

Forgot my headphones, I can already guess how my day is going to be.

I might have to try talking...

.... when you lost your headphones and you realize that the world is too noisy.

One of a developer's worst nightmare:

their headphones that they use in work is broken/doesn't work

Just received this beast!
I've read very good reviews of this headphone

I saw a post about headphones that reminded me.

Last week I was trying to find out why my code wasn't working. At about an hr in my wife asks me "honey, why do you have headphones on but they aren't plugged into anything?"

I looked at her partially spaced and thought to myself "I have headphones on?!?!"

Lol I tend to do this a lot.

Just got my wireless, noise cancelling headphones for Christmas! Open floor plan, be damned!

It's 2017 and Ubuntu still doesn't automatically switch the sound to your earphones when you plug them in the jack. :'(

0-headphones
1-coffee
2-Laptop
3-npm
4-IDE
5-wifi
6-devRant

When you forget your headphones at home... -_-

Baby asleep, headphones pumping, beer poured, ready to code my MERN stack application :-)......20mins later still on dev rant!!! :-(

The boss who sings at his desk every day. Headphones on, thank you.

Headphones, music on. Complete Tool discography.

Trying to concentrate but headphones don't get rid of visual distractions? There's a solution!

Don't talk to me I'm a programmer!

First, I'll kill you
make you leave all your children
Then I'll chop off your HEAD
now you're a zombie
I'll thread all your limbs back together
you can never REST
because I'm a master of all slaves
this is a test
And if I'm finally done with you
I'll leave you for garbage collection
Hello World!
Don't talk to me

Scenario 1:
Me: *cover both ears with headphones, start listening to vicious metal, look angry, busy and determined*
Co-workers: "Oh hey! I need to understand ____"
Me: "Fuuuuu..."

Scenario 2:
Me: *place headphones on one ear, listen to gentle, approachable music at low volume with smile on face*
Co-workers: *crickets for hours*
Me: Fucking seriously? *commence Scenario 1*

Best way to defeat coding interruptions at work:

Wear headphones with nothing playing.

You hear everything, but no one interrupts because they think your in the zone...
which you are, and they won't take you out of it!

Forgot my headphones today, had to listen to stupid people on the train and now can't concentrate while writing code! Fuck!

When you turn up to work and realise you forgot your headphones so you gotta try and concentrate while overhearing every conversation in the office.

The best way to code is: put your headphones, take your coffee and play electronic music.

My headphones just died because the battery is empty!
Not a good start!
I forgot the cable at home!

Bye bye peace, productivity, and focus

When you wear headphones without playing any music, and avoid anyone's line of sight to get work done

I can't help but think the red headphones in the avatar are Beats. Those are terrible headphones! PLEASE ADD SOME NON DECREPIT BLACK ONES.

It makes me angry every time I see them.

Finally, got this piece of beauty and badass combined, just to get some peace at work...

Now, dare those noisy neighbors, who doesn't silence their mobile and laptops, making loud chimes in IM, playing music on speakers and knocking at my desk when I'm on headphones and clearly don't want to be disturbed...

Why do people who wear the Apple wireless headphones remind me of business jerks from the early 2000s?

When my headphones are on :
1 - I can't hear you
2 - I don't care
3 - It's your problem not mine
4 - I don't care

If I can understand the lyrics of your music through your headphones, across three seats, through the train sounds and normal commuting-chatter, your music might be a LITTLE bit too loud

I've thought of couple of good outcomes of Apple removing the headphone jack:

1. Wireless headphones will be developed much more

2. They will be available for better prices as competitors starts to compete. At this time most of the wireless headphones are quite expensive.

3. Quality over wireless will now become a priority.

But I don't support this decision and will stick with my Xperia Z5.

When your coworker brings in a mechanical with blue switches...and there's no headphones

Headphones on when you sneeze. Do you assume someone said bless you and fire off a thank you, or assume no one said it and risk being the guy that doesn't thank a bless you?

Quality headphones or 250GB SSD?
First world problems...

!rant:

Today I lent a noise canceling headphone for a call at the office. After using it for the first time I see myself using it more often in our open office - even without sound on 😅

What do you guys think about noise canceling? I was blown away by it

headphones were God's idea

When I am wearing my headphones and typing furiously it means I am focused! Don't disturb me!

When your headphone wire is too short.

No, it's not okay to ask me a question when I have my headphones in!

Not having my headphones with me

Courage!

while working and you realize your headphones had a warm shower in the soup bowl

Hmm getting in the zone huh?

Well a good poop
Mug of hot coffee
2 chocolate biscuits
Big glass of water on standby
Headphones , spotify and my metal mix

That moment when you realize you forgot your headphones. 😭😭

Can't drown out co-workers. Can't jam to awesome beats.

It's gonna be a long Monday.

Am I the only dev that doesn't wear headphones? Being unaware of my surroundings makes me more anxious than it's worth

RIP headphones

Need suggestions for new ones.

Hey devs, what kind of headphones would you recommend?

I'm looking for high end, but not completely audiophile grade.
My budget is in the $300-$400 range.
Wireless is preferred but not required.

And please, nothing that completely drowns me in bass :P

Dark IDE theme. Putting my phone away. Cup of coffee together with a bottle of water. My great headphones. Either a raw hardstyle or a euphoric hardstyle megamix. Locking myself in my room.

I get it some people need music to work or do whatever. But I don't want to freaking listen to your music. Lower your volume what are your expensive (noise cancelling and all that shit) headphones for ? Hope they explode.

Nice beats right?

Why don't you just use the damn headphones you blithering idiot?

That sad moment when your headphones die in the middle of a big project that is due to go live in a few hours :( :( :(

Isn't it strange walking around with this big-ass headphones in public?

In the office or at home they are the go to headphones because they are super comfortable normally, but in Public I'm not sure.

OKAY

WHO THE FUCK DESIGNED THIS STUPID ANDROID EMULATOR.

ALL I WANT TO DO IS LISTEN TO MY MUSIC WHILE PROGRAMMING

BUT NOOOOOOO

WHENEVER THE FUCKING EMULATOR IS OPEN THE QUALITY OF THE MUSIC IN MY BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES GOES TO aBsOluTe SHIT.

CMON GUYS. GET YOUR HEADPHONES OUT OF YOUR ASS AND TEST YOUR FUCKING SOFTWARE

I tend to load up Spotify put on my noise cancelling headphones and zone out and become one with the code.
Super deep.
Like deeper than neo.
Also have to have my hands on my mechanical keyboard at home.

My headphones. World off, music on.

Headphones on
Start Soundcloud/Osu! Playlist
Open IDE

Optional:
Get a german shepherd to protect me from obstacles called "coworkers"

Music, headphones, tea/coffee and ignore the world. It works wonders not being distracted.

Headphones...no music! Am I alone in this?!? 🎧

Rant!

A colleague bought a mechanical keyboard to the office today.

Pro: if you miss a deadline you can blame that colleague.

Con: schizophrenia.

Listening to music loudly via headphones just isn't the same as being alone and blasting it through speakers...

Headphones on, noise cancellation enabled, Google play music enabled.

Connect to my remote desktop and open Jira

See ridiculous backlog and get to work

(Panda for views)

Coffee
Doors and windows: closed
Air conditioner: on
Headphones: on
Music: on
devRant: off

Everyone > I hate cables, they're stupid... why isn't everything wireless by now!?

Apple > Try these EarPods, they're wireless!!

Everyone > These are stupid! I just want to use my wired headphones!

Dark-themed IDE + back-lit keyboard + coffee + headphones = best coding environment ^_^

Though there's always that one asshole who decides to talk to you Only when you're in the zone.

Me on Windows: Connecting headphones via Bluetooth, starting to play some music.

Ten minutes later, Windows: Setting up device
-> Headphones stop working

TL:DR
Fuck you Windows and fuck you game developers who don't support Linux

Headphones, a quiet room, a comfortable chair, something to drink (coffee, red bull, water, tea) and something that is interesting enough to totally focus on.

I hate cables...

Sitting here with my headphones + cap + hoodie on, and guess what... it’s working. No one disturbing me. I ... I feel like I’m a stone.

I was nice to my college and lended him my old headphones, after his died.

3 months later he still hasn't fucking bought a new headset and he doesn't give a flying fuck about managing cables.

Forgot my headphones :'(

Ensure IDE has latest updates​. Put on headphones. Start music (exact playlist depends on mood and location). And we're good to go.

Coffee ☕️ + Headphones 🎧 =
RAGE mode on ⚔️

Work won't buy me noise-cancelling headphones T_T it gets so fucking loud here in this open floor plan

When your on the toilet and come across a tech video you want to watch but can't because of the audio. It would be weird... need to start taking headphones to the john.

It really is a great feeling to be able to put your headphones in and lose yourself in the code for a few hours without interruptions (except for devRant of course).

!rant

Well, my headphones broke today.
AudioTechnica M40X.
They were one of my first purchases when i started earning, and one of the cornerstone of my life.
The sound was perfect, just right for me. They were my recipe for zoning out, for calming myself, and for relaxing.They literally cut the crap out for me.
They've been with me for the past 2 years. On different jobs, treks, cafes, and home.

Recently i even got dBrand decals for them.

Damn i feel so bad. I want to cry :'(

Ahh open space sucks!
Can't concentrate...
Headphones on...
World ignored...
Problem fixed?

My bi-annual ritual:
1. Get home after 5 months
2. By cheap ear/head-phones
3. Use them for the next 5 months till they wear out
4. Repeat
😂😂

Also watches. But I gave up on those back in school.😛

omg, I forgot my headphones at home, help

That moment you reach work and realize you forgot your headphones/earphones at home! Sigh...

People of devRant, do you buy expensive headphones? Looking at buying a pair of ~£100ish active noise cancelling ones as a treat but the reviews are tough to get through because they're all from audiophiles who aren't satisfied by anything outside of the £400+ range.

Can anybody recommend some favourites?

I want to pause my music so I can focus, but I have two co-workers right next to me who are working in a problem. I could take my laptop somewhere else, but I would rather they just shut the hell up, or go book a damn conference room.

I could just say that .. or just be lazy and post about it on dev rant. 😅

Also, fuck open workspaces. I never though I'd miss the cubical, but the open work space is a new level of hell.

Bought a very new Synology dual bay NAS with 6tb for my music! 😊 With that I also needed a new headphone: a brand new Sennheiser Studio Headphone! ❤️❤️❤️

I can develop even better now!

Electronica problems: can't tell if outro is still playing or headphones are wearing out.

Wearing headphones all the time and deliberately ignore everything what's being said & is happening in the office unless it affects my work

!rant

I got really awesome wireless headphones as a prize at a hackathon.
Was actually feeling down today, then this arrived and made my day!
It made my day and inspired me to do something today(started a personal project!)

travelling by train, supposedly first class.

asked for headphones on stewardess' first pass through our carriage.

that was an hour ago. since then, she made three other passes of our carriage, serving out beverages, foods and coffees.

because fuck you, headphones take most time to prepare so first we will serve everyone else.

I measure how busy I am by the number of times I have to take my headphones off.

Headphones, phone in silent mode, my algos and data structures drawn on a sheet of paper, and a rubber duck by my side.

There is no greater fear than the fear of losing your headphones

I hate it when people sneak up and I have to remove my headphones when coding just to ask.. what you doing??
Jerking off jackass.. Come sit down

The rest of the team in my bullpin have started to wear headphones more, I wonder if it has something to do with my new mechanical keyboard...

Dear world:
For you headphones are for music for devs they mean: shut the fuck up and let me code 😒

I hope world understands this shit

Headphones on, but no music playing on the headphones, because it'd give other people the illusion that I'm listening to music and leave me alone (Also, I wouldn't be humming along, so more productivity). Plus wearing headphones muffles all the ambient noises and I can really talk to my inner rubber duck.

Open office, forgot headphones at home

When people tap my shoulder even when I'm without headphones I get into a super rage like dude... Why the hell are you touching me

My boss! He always comes asking how I'm doing as soon as I put my headphones on -.-*

My headphones 🎧 died two days ago and I can't focus on work since then. Why do they have to be so fragile?

how soon will it be before someone develops an out of the box packet sniffer for those wireless apple headphones

amazon: "try amazon music unlimited with your new headphones"

stop it amazon, you're being creepy

Forgot headphones, noticed coworkers conversation...

If null coalescing operator (??) returns right on null, why doesn't !! Do the opposite?

- boolean beat ya to it.

Wake up in the middle of the night with a crazy idea. Get headphones and start coding. I don't get much sleep.

Wk38:

Headphones.

Block out the stupid and the crazies talking to themselves.

Then go full brown trouser when someone taps on your shoulder.

Seinheisser broke

Your headphones are broken

Sharing an office with someone who loves their music so much they think everyone should hear it through their headphones 😤

Headphones, because working while your partner burn and scream in the hell of the bugs they caused is distracting

headphones are one of the most important pieces of our environment, more depends on good headphones than you realize. they change the way how we perceive music, they make way to true meditation, they turn music into inspirarion in a second.

can we have a pair of grados as a desk item please?

Construction zone on the floor below me in the work building. Can't even hear audio in my headphones.

Guess I won't be productive today 🤷‍♂️

Do you guys usually hear music during coding sessions? Or just put up that headphones without plugging it just to concentrate on the lines??

These fucking cunts using the open air breakout area must dialed into a conference call on speaker.

Ubuntu updates, Bluetooth screwed 'no adapter detected' droll life either wiring headphones or no music where wire pisses you off. Few weeks later Ubuntu (whose auto update is turned off) auto updates and reboots, Bluetooth magically works again.
Happy dev restored

Holy shit, I just figgured out how to adjust the bass of my headphones; Coding boost incoming!

!dev
It's ridiculous that it's 2018 and i can't connect my $120 bluetooth headphones to my playstation 4!
Come on Sony!

Lost 3 earphones / headphones in one week...

Looking for a new one, over the ear headphone, which can come along with me for years...

My headphones went in the washing machine!!!

I think I'm balding where my headphones usually sit...

Still not gonna change to those god awful in-ear ones though !

Sitting here coding a new API with "Ride of the Valkyries" blasting in my headphones. Good times. be right back, getting more caffeine

!rant
New toy arrived!