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I would argue that neither of those statements is true. I think this idea that coding is some sort of silver bullet is ridiculous.

• paulcole 11y ago
  It's not a silver bullet, but it is a bullet. Coding can't solve every problem, but it can help solve some of them, including some that would be very tedious to solve otherwise.
• dragonwriter 11y ago
  > I think this idea that coding is some sort of silver bullet is ridiculous. Its not a silver bullet, but it is as a core component of developing of computer literacy, a broadly applicable foundational skill for non-menial jobs in the modern world, even if programming itself isn't a central duty of the job. (In the right context -- though its possible to learn programming without developing much of this -- its also a valuable way, and perhaps the most accessible in terms of providing concrete feedback, to develop technology-neutral systems literacy, which is an even more broadly applicable, foundational skill.)