[cauterized]

Earbuds with a good seal. Daily meditation. Convincing the guy in charge of seating plans to give me a desk without a high traffic corridor behind it. Going for a walk outside when it gets really loud or people are running around. Working from home whenever possible.

We don't have enough conference rooms for actual meetings, so that's rarely an option.

Really, I've only managed to mitigate the problem a bit, not solve it. Would love to hear anyone else's tactics. I'm seriously considering going freelance again mostly just because it means never having to work in an open plan office.