I like a lot of what you said and think you're on the right track, but I'd adjust it a bit to "solve problems" instead of "write code". If someone can solve the

I like a lot of what you said and think you're on the right track, but I'd adjust it a bit to "solve problems" instead of "write code". If someone can solve the problem without writing a single line of code, that's almost always better than writing more software which will have to be documented, maintained, deployed, debugged, supported, and run on systems, which will also need to be maintained, monitored, upgraded, migrated...