Mozart Could’ve Been an Engineer - Music + Code
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Evidence shows music training physically changes brains: a pianist study finds central sulcus symmetry, jazz improvisation is measured with a metal-free keyboard in an MRI, and music education links to higher IQ in children and adults and improved speech processing. Historical hiring at IBM (1956) targeted music majors. Practical coding parallels include recognizing patterns, juggling multiple models and refactors, and an actual Flatiron app prototype that requires tracking many call sites. Musicians bring faster cross-hemisphere processing, persistence, and collaborative listening to engineering teams.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:51Music and the brain
- 6:09From singer to engineer
- 10:41Music and code as languages
- 15:17Power of patterns
- 19:08Processing like a musician
- 22:21Brain hemispheres in music
- 24:06Creative problem solving
- 24:49Debugging and persistence
- 25:53Growth mindset
- 27:16Music to coding collaboration
- 29:04Diverse backgrounds in tech
- 30:08Call to action
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