What Music Will Keep Developers Productive

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The survey showed that as much as 86% of developers listen to music while coding. Of the major music genres, 42% of developers said they prefer coding to music of the rock/pop variety.

#1 most popular artist to code to: Metallica. Runners-up: Pink Floyd and Linkin Park

#1 biggest ‘guilty pleasure’ artist: Lady Gaga (artists that coders only listen to with their headphones on). Runners-up: Britney Spears and ABBA

#1 least popular artist: Justin Bieber. Runners-up: Lady Gaga and Britney Spears (ironically, these least popular artists also topped the ‘guilty pleasure’ category).


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