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"Don't celebrate the creation of code, celebrate the creation of solutions."
I agree 100% with this sentiment.
We need to be teaching people how to think critically and solve problems. That solution may well involve getting someone else to do it for you because your own area of expertise lies elsewhere.
I think it's important for people to be at least somewhat technology-literate, because we're surrounded by so much of it now. But that doesn't mean they need to learn to code any more than I need to learn how to rebuild a gasoline engine because I happen to own a car. I do, however, need to know how to drive the car, and how to recognize when there's a problem which needs expert service or if it's a minor issue I can correct myself.
Please Don't Learn to Code
The whole "everyone should learn programming" meme has gotten so out of control that the mayor of New York City actually vowed to learn to code in 2012. A noble gesture to garner the NYC tech community vote, for sure, but if the mayor of New York City actually needs to sling JavaScript co...
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