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The only stories I wonder about are thinly veiled gossip or marketing. Anything music related reminds me that many(most?) hackers are musically inclined
by dec0dedab0de 8y ago
The only stories I wonder about are thinly veiled gossip or marketing. Anything music related reminds me that many(most?) hackers are musically inclined
- mattlondon 8y ago> Anything music related reminds me that many(most?) hackers are musically inclined. Hmm. News to me - I've never heard this before. Got any references on that? Annecdotally I can only think of one person I vaguely know who liked playing keyboards. Again annecdotally one of my parents is a professional musician so you'd imagine some of that would run off and perhaps I'd be more likely than the average to be musically inclined having grown up in a house full of instruments and music, yet I have absolutely zero interest or inclination. Sure people listen to music a lot, but never seen any other connection beyond that?
- jedimastert 8y agoYou can add another person to that list, me! I'm currently working as a software engineer, but I made my living as a musician (jazz, blues, piano bar) for several years. I could see jazz especially being interesting to tech folks. There's a fantastic mixture of theory and logic and puzzle-solving mixed with creativity and expression that meshes very well with hacker culture, at least to me. I personally know quite a few people who are into both. It's also something that can be largely self-taught, which mean a lot of the people who are into it are into it because they're passionate about it.
- gvurrdon 8y agoAlso a jazz musician (bass), though it's been years since I've done any gigs.
- dec0dedab0de 8y agoI thought i first read it on esr's how to be a hacker thing about 20 years ago, but it may have been something else. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html