While I disagree because I can't see why anyone would deny anyone else knowledge, there IS a mainstream fad about programming that seems to be out of touch with

While I disagree because I can't see why anyone would deny anyone else knowledge, there IS a mainstream fad about programming that seems to be out of touch with the reality of the thing. I read an article not too long ago in one of Quebec's most important newspaper about how programming was becoming an essential skill (up there with reading and basic arithmetic), which it clearly isn't. Of course the author didn't help her case by confusing programming with setting up a wordpress site and changing its CSS. IMO learning to code can't be a wasted experience. It's just not the life-changing, essential skill that increasingly more people make it out to be.