How angry do some of you readers get???? I'm feeling the heat sitting here, not even being the target of the anger. Anyhow, there's obviously a lot of truth in what you've said in this post. Others make the good point, that you owe to know a little about everything e.g. plumbing. As someone working as a Software Developer, I have to say that it would do Business Analysts, project managers and others (in none-technical roles) in the industry much good to get an idea of how programming, and software development works. As for Mr. Bloomberg...it's hard to disagree with the guy who's software runs on a big chunk of the financial systems! Just saying.

Hi Jeff, thank you for an informative post. It's important to note that positive examples can be a lot more powerful in conveying the message than a negative ones. case in point.