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Is it easy to get to a good mental model of computing, without programming?

• macspoofing 9y ago
  Yes. What I meant by that term are things like the user understanding enough about modern file systems that when they download a file they understand where it's stored as well as typical file CRUD operation. They know enough of the web to reasonably protect themselves from malware and are able to distinguish between a valid site and a generic phishing attempt. They understand the point of a browser or mail client and not think that IE and Internet or Outlook and Email are interchangeable. They are able to diagnose and debug the most basic issues (print job failing to print because the wrong print target was selected, able to understand network connectivity issues vs. application not working). You'd be surprised how many people fail at those very basic computing tasks, and those are the kinds of things people need to know to get their jobs done. Knowing how to program in Python isn't going to do anything for the VP of Business Development.