{"id":13,"date":"2022-03-29T03:57:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T03:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pianisttoprogrammer\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2022-03-31T02:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T02:46:21","slug":"pianist-to-programmer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pianisttoprogrammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Pianist to Programmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“If you make a mistake, just keep going.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome to my blog about how I, a lifelong musician and music teacher, became a computer programmer. I recently came to realize that playing the piano was boring, and teaching music was soul-killing, and I pretty much hated music, so it was time to try something different.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Well, okay, that’s not quite what happened. Actually not at all! What actually happened is more complicated, and the story is ongoing. I hope that by sharing my experience as a musician learning to be a programmer, it might help someone else who finds themself in a similar situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope to share some of the practical things that I’ve learned along the way. I don’t know exactly how it is going to turn out or what direction it will go, but I am giving myself a piece of advice that often give my piano students: If you make a mistake, just keep going.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Are you quitting music?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you get interested in tech?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you selling out?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s your favorite type of programming?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a pointer, and how does it work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a really cool idea for a mobile app. Will you make it for me?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you having a midlife crisis?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is HTML a programming language?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does music have to do with programming? Why such a dramatic change<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you going into tech because you didn’t practice enough and failed as a musician?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aren’t you too old to become a programmer?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are curious about the answers to any of these questions, stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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