Every Computer Scientist Should Have a Creative Hobby
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#2Software development IS a creative process, especially when focusing on code craftsmanship.
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#3Software Engineer 20 years
Published novelist
Oil painter
Carpenter
I agree
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#4Most people here probably know Paul Graham's Hackers and Painters essay but just in case:
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#5"Every X should Y" is an excellent way to say your argument has zero nuance to it.
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#6I whole heartedly agree with this along and this seems to be confirmed by PG's essay on painting[0].
For me music seems to be a natural hobby and creative outlet. I see a lot of overlap between coding and writing/making music. At its core, both use code and abstractions into something that humans can enjoy.
And now I find my software engineering skills being directly applicable to making electronic music as well. Making music gives me a fresh outlook on working in tech and making products.
Anyways, that was a personal rant.
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#7Blogging seems to be a popular creative hobby not only because it has a low barrier of entry but it also helps you communicate better. On the other hand when I play the piano, do abstract art and write poetry these are important too.
To be honest a Creative hobby not only solves the problem of making you more creative but it allows for an escape and release of thinking of other things. Even if you aren't optimizing yourself creatively it helps.
Writing comments on HN would be even lower to a barrier of entry and still qualify as creative. I'm sorry I couldn't hold back to go a little meta in this comment ;-)
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#8"Every X should Y" is an excellent way to say your argument has zero nuance to it.
"Every X should Y" is a succinct way to say "Doing Y helps strengthen or create skills that are useful in doing X, X and Y are related on a fundamental level, and those who do X are rather likely to enjoy doing Y because of that relationship."
Naturally, the article goes into the nuances of the subject.
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#9I recently picked up knot-tying. I wouldn't necessarily call it a creative hobby but it's a nice challenge and pretty satisfying/useful. Costs about nothing, can do it at your desk.
Re: Every Computer Scientist Should Have a Creative Hobby
#10Software development IS a creative process, especially when focusing on code craftsmanship.
Engineering can be creative but most of the time it is not. We are mostly applying existing solutions to well known problems.