In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
01/16/2008
at 09:47 AM, "Kelman, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I agree. I think that a background in anything that is logically and
>mathematical is the best training for programming. I once worked with a
>fellow that had a degree in music. Although being a musician requires an
>artistic ability it is also very logical and mathematical. He was an
>excellent systems programmer.
I don't know about musicians being logical, but when I worked with a Jazz
musician I found him to be a very good programmer.
A big chunk of programming is the ability to communicate, both with others
and with yourself[1]. Music, among other things, is a form of
communications, so it would hardly be surprising to see a correlation
between skill in Music and skill in programming.
[1] If you come back to your own code after a lengthy gap, you'll
appreciate good documentation.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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