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It's surprisingly quiet actually. It's not a trading floor with people screaming at each other.

Source: am a former NYT and worked in that exact room.

FYI, most trading floors are very quiet as well, for mostly the same reasons.

You're probably right, my imagination of trading floors is born from financial movies set in the 80s.

Seconding. Other than 10 minutes surrounding 9:30 and 4, the trading floors I've worked on have been quieter than any tech company I've worked for.