That's a good point. My mother never studied computer science or even went to university, but she learned to write basic programs (I'm guessing in uh, BASIC) in

That's a good point. My mother never studied computer science or even went to university, but she learned to write basic programs (I'm guessing in uh, BASIC) in high school, and it carried over into her office work, which definitely wasn't theory heavy. She's totally lost with modern PCs and languages, but there's probably still a place for theory-agnostic "pipe-laying" roles like the one she had.