Whether or not Mike Bloomberg learns to code, I can guarantee you that something is indeed deeply, horribly, terribly wrong with politics in the state of New York. But that's nothing new, and we're kind of used to it by now. As for the article itself, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I have no intention of ever learning plumbing, because my time is better applied to other pursuits, and I can pay someone to do it for me. And most users shouldn't need to learn programming, they should find software that does what they want, or pay a professional to create it for them.