The musical instrument software developer

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Published on 2010-11-21T21:33:20Z Indexed on 2011/01/01 14:58 UTC
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There is a correlation between playing a musical instrument and being a great software developer (the same for mathematics). But what is the causation (if any)?

That is, should a software developer learn to play a musical instrument to become a better software developer? Or does proficiency in software development make it more likely that an interest in performing on a musical instrument will develop?

Update: a very similar question was asked in podcast .NET Rocks, episode 614 (from Øredev 2010), 35 min 40 secs.

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