I completely agree with you'r opinion, and i think those who argue that the initiative has some major benefits in the sense someone will get a grasp about what coding means...are confusing merely someone's job with someone's hobby. There is nothing wrong to get a sight and a minimal understanding about what's behind the technology, or the gadget what it's using, but to make some fancy and nowadays trendy statements about that everyone should start to code, is completely unreasonable. Every man has a scope in this life, be that to use their hands or use their mind, and i think it's overrated the necessity to start learning programming. I like the plumber analogy a lot, and i think it just reflecting the reality very much.