So true. My college major in Classics fits right in with the whole theme. It took me a long time to understand what I really enjoyed intellectually. Once I understood it, software seemed like a natural fit.
Oh, and I really like this phrase, "the repeatable patterns of harmony and dissonance." Very nice. On 3/13/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Take a look and let me know what you think. I have added a > > homepage outside my blog, though the blog is still at the > > same URL. > > > http://www.funkymojo.com/ > > Nice. I like the article. Actually there's a fairly compelling > relationship between programmers, musicians and philosophers. Quite a > few of the programmers I know have music or philosophy as a hobby, and > several of them actually have college education in music. Matt > Woodward is a few papers away from a doctorate in music (performance I > think - I believe trumpet was his instrument of choice), although he's > stopped working toward getting the doctorate. > > I play a mean harmonica myself. I used to play piano. Now I just have > pianist envy. :) > > And philosophy is one of my hobbies. :) > > I reall think the attraction is to patterns (maybe for lack of a > better word). If we were interested in numbers, we'd be accountants. > And if we were interrested in rules (specifics) we'd probably be > attorneys or business managers. We gravitate to programming because > it's the "meta-data" in life that interests us -- the repeatable > patterns of harmony and dissonance. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199799 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
