I played music for several years when in school, starting in Junior High. Didn't read the article, but the title inspired me to make a comment. I think the sk

I played music for several years when in school, starting in Junior High. Didn't read the article, but the title inspired me to make a comment. I think the skills you learn in music performance are extremely valuable. Sure, there are plenty of people who "learn music" but don't apply themselves like with any discipline. This is only anecdata, but if I had to guess I'd say there is a correlation between my ability to toggle into and out of a "flow" state when working as a programmer and my past life when I spent a great deal of time learning music. Sure everyone's experience will vary, but I found that "flow" is a phenomenon I regularly experienced when performing music once I reached a certain skill level.