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The article advises learning to play music because a lot of good programmers play music. A lot of programmers are also white. Please become white if you can.
by xxcode 12y ago
The article advises learning to play music because a lot of good programmers play music. A lot of programmers are also white. Please become white if you can.
- vezzy-fnord 12y agoNot a valid comparison at all. One is a learned skill, the other is an innate phenotype.
- V-2 12y agoThat's true, but the point is that this correlation could be pure coincidence, or at least not causative. (If it actually occurs to start with - it would be interesting to create a poll and verify whether most reputed programmers are indeed more musical than general population.) Many programmers have stereotypical geek interests like RPG, Star Wars etc. but it doesn't mean that these contribute to their programming skills in any way. Being socially awkward doesn't make you Sheldon Cooper :)
- rdc12 12y agoExcept there is a large body of research which shows the effect of music on cognitive ability to support the assertion