Correlation of Music and IT
From the early days of AppDev when first going to IT conferences to today it has always seemed that many IT professionals were also musicians . I would love to take a poll and find out what percent of geeks are also musicians. . . and how that differs from the general population.
At Dev Connection conferences or VBITS (long ago) or Tech Ed there were always well known geeks playing in jam sessions , and many of them were very good. I have always wondered why is there a connection . Is it that Development is an art and music is an art and that is why there is a connection? Is it that developers brains are wired in a certain way that linked with music?
Well, my questions have finally been answered in the InfoWorld article linked below. It is a short article and interesting, enjoy.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/education-and-skills/why-are-so-many-geeks-also-musicians-574?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2010-12-13
Cheers,
Craig