"like writing or being able to do basic arithmetic." It really is not. The vast majority of people will never have need to 'code'a line of anything, even in t

"like writing or being able to do basic arithmetic." It really is not. The vast majority of people will never have need to 'code'a line of anything, even in the modern workforce. More common, yes, ubiquitous, no. If there are >25 Engineers, the CTO generally won't be coding in production unless they kind of have a very special passion for it. I do believe however that the CTO should be technical, unlike some examples here. When the are not I feel it's political, for better or for worse.