From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2004-06-09T04:56:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Unit tests ... not just for the young

On Wednesday,  9 June 2004 at  4:34:27 +0900, Michael Campbell wrote:
> > Some of the best programmer's I've had the pleasure of working with had
> > degrees in music.
> > 
> > Maybe there's a hidden relationship there!  :-)
> 
> 
> Not hidden at all; I don't have the link handy, but there was a study
> done by Arthur Andersen years ago that showed a very high correlation
> between success at "high logic" jobs (mathematician (et. al;
> statistician, logician, etc.), computer science, engineering, and so
> forth) and musical aptitude/training.
> 

Hmm, I'm no musician, but I consider myself an above average coder.
Also, the worst programmer I knew was a musician. Couldn't program
his way out of a paper bag.


-- 
Jim Freeze