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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone here have an art degree? by k__ on Saturday January 07, 2017 @10:02AM (#13344413)
I met a master of music once, he did mainly math and algorithms at his current job.

He said, he didn't think this would go hand in hand, but after he saw some algorithm stuff from a friend he was surprised how easy it was, so he switched from composing to coding algos.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone here have an art degree? by thenomad on Sunday January 08, 2017 @06:32AM (#13349283)
There's a very strong relationship between music and math as skills, for some reason. It's been commented on and studied in quite a few places.

I have no idea why the relationship is so strong, but it is!

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone here have an art degree? by vram22 on Thursday January 12, 2017 @10:11AM (#13382759)
Yes, I've heard and read about that a few times, too.

Good pattern recognition skills (as in the general meaning of the word 'patterns', not necessarily design patterns), may be part of the reason, since patterns occur in both code and math.

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