Equifax hired a music major as chief security officer and she has just retired

marketwatch ^ | Sept 15, 2017 | Brett Arends

[Mears]

“My father would do the software, I’d do the hardware, and she’d be the referee!”

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Smart step mother also. :-)

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[SteveH]

i was in a worship team for a decade until there was some politics. in my experience, hymns and worship music tend to be straightforward from a composition standpoint. in my opinion, any musician should be able to play (or sing) a given hymn or worship song after listening to it a few times. i know that there exist some musicians who claim otherwise. hymns and worship songs also typically have sheet music available and so there are typically two paths to a solution. either path should work. if one path is blocked to a musician, then the other path should work.

aside: i am running into some site censorship issues on another post, so please excuse me if i am not able to respond after this. if i disappear entirely, well... it has been a fun ride, and thanks to everyone for tolerating me.

[poinq]

Wow, Jazz is the Tourette’s Syndrome of music. Really interesting. I have three daughters who have been playing classical violin since they were 3 or 4. They are normally in the first chairs of the their college orchestras and have participated in highly selective music programs at Berklee School of Music (nothing to do with UC Berkley), Northwestern, and NYU. But as wonderful as their sight reading and the beauty of their sound, they really can’t improvise at all.

Its interesting that many legendary artist like Michael Jackson or Johnny Cash could never read music while both wrote songs. In fact nobody in the Carter family could read music, the first family of American folk music. Even Louis Armstrong could not read music. But their unbelievable gift for playing along with and enhancing music while its being played is amazing. And virtually unable to be taught.

But back to the real topic, besides for music. Clearly this lady had all the tools she needed to order a patch to be installed. And that did not happen. Was it malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance by her or someone else is the real question, not whether she had the educational background to order someone to install a security patch.

[dfwgator]

They are normally in the first chairs of the their college orchestras and have participated in highly selective music programs at Berklee School of Music (nothing to do with UC Berkley), Northwestern, and NYU. But as wonderful as their sight reading and the beauty of their sound, they really can’t improvise at all.

Pat Metheny taught at Berklee when he was 19.

[ELS]

Thanks for your reply. Certainly food for thought.