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Why are so many coders musicians?
- eesmith 9y ago"I noticed many developers were musicians" How does that compare to other fields? That is, my previous dentist was a musician, I know authors who are musicians, I know scientists who are musicians. Sting was a bus conductor, building labourer, and schoolteacher. If developers are underrepresented, percentage-wise, as compared to other fields then all of these conclusions about a connection are wrong, or at least very weak.
- frafart 9y agoIt could be there's not a real correlation between the likelihood of being a musician when you're a developer or vice versa. Proving that isn't the purpose of these articles anyways. I was interested in the relationships between the processes of learning and creating/writing music and code that many developers and musicians I've met (and myself) have noticed.
- eesmith 9y agoOr, it could be there is an anti-correlation.
- savantmusa 9y agoGreat article! Thank you for writing this.
- frafart 9y agoGlad you liked it, more coming.