Please, don't learn to code, learn how to model solutions to problems. Code and programming are just tools for solving these problems. If somebody comes to you

Please, don't learn to code, learn how to model solutions to problems. Code and programming are just tools for solving these problems. If somebody comes to you with a problem and the first thing you say is "Oh, yes, of course, just let me start coding." then something is probably going to go wrong with your project. Understand what the problem is, build a model, show it to the person asking, most of the time this person doesn't really know what he wants. You are all misunderstanding Atwood's article. Think about this: a variable in a programming language isn't really a variable, it's a name for a certain space in memory. Variables exist only in mathematical logic. Mind blown.