Programming = putting thoughts into computers in executable form.
I think all people should learn how to make computer do their bidding at a rate more than one click at a time.
I think all people should learn how to make computer do their bidding at a rate more than one click at a time.
Penpals don't mail source code back and forth to each other.
Thinking knowing to code is as important as literacy is just another version of people thinking their specific profession is super-important because it's what they spend their time doing. I imagine some especially pompous auto mechanics think knowing the internals of a car is as important as reading and writing. (Though, I imagine there are much fewer pompous auto mechanics than pompous hackers.)