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From: yoda@ittatc.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Todd C. Williams [Jedi Knight])
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: the "programmer" title
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 18:51:39 EST
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> >Todd (me):
> >	The most important factor to the ability of a programmer is *NOT*
> > education, (technical programming education included), but rather it is
> > something called PROGRAMMING APTITUDE.  [ cf. "You either have it, or you
> > don't" ]
> 
>Jerry:
> Some years ago the U.S. military did a  study  on  just  this  point.
>                         Their findings:  The best candidates for programmer
> training were _musicians and mechanics_.

Thanks, Jerry.  I'm a half-decent auto-mechanic when I want (have) to be, but
my finesse is music.  I play a dozen or so instruments also.  My forte :-) is
keyboards.
							-Todd
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