#Autistic, #AuDHD, #ADHD folks who do mental labour (ie. programming): What do you listen to while working, and why?
When I was young I could work while listening to any music; even with my lyrics obsession it just helped me flow.
Round 40ish I found that I could no longer listen to music with vocals cause I could no longer "tune it out." So now it's Jazz, some Electronic music which is not really my thing.
Weirdly, there are some podcasts I can work while they're on. Uninteresting ones.
@jpaskaruk I do a lot of melodic electronic or jazz that can puts me in a "trance" state. I used to do a lot of high energy but like you it doesn't work as well anymore, especially if I have to do active thought. I include a small set of songs with a little more presence in the playlist to stop myself from zoning out.