I love puzzles - especially ones that are unicolor or close to it but do have weird shapes - but never related it to programmings as a whole. That just seems wr

I love puzzles - especially ones that are unicolor or close to it but do have weird shapes - but never related it to programmings as a whole. That just seems wrong to me so I'd say your question should be phrased otherwise as it's far from a simple yes/no question. Just depends too much on what you thing 'programmer' means. Programming itself is such a vague and general term me and my friends tend to split it in smaller, somewhat better defined aspects when discussing about it. I'd say aspects related to creating new code/design/refactoring don't have a whole lot to do with puzzles. Lowlevel debugging of nasty problems on the other hand does have quite a lot in common with puzzles. I should check some research on this, but wouldn't be surpised if one effectively uses different areas of the brain for these aspects as well.