[geeks] geeks Digest, Vol 86, Issue 11
Phil Stracchino
alaric at metrocast.net
Thu Jan 21 09:36:54 CST 2010
On 01/21/10 10:26, Rick Hamell wrote:
> William Enestvedt wrote:
> This is the same reason why people who were musicians were more useful
> many years ago. A musician is used to making a quick decision and going
> with it even when wrong. They are also use to learning from their
> mistakes much faster. One of the reasons I still tend to put that on my
> resume under other activities.
I am given to understand that IBM found, back in the prime mainframe
days, that people with a music background made the best programmers.
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