This is just a dumb cry for attention now. Any "noncoder" who has ever repeated the same menial task on a computer for a week straight could benefit from progr

This is just a dumb cry for attention now. Any "noncoder" who has ever repeated the same menial task on a computer for a week straight could benefit from programming. It's not a career. It's a tool and a useful one. People in general need to love coding like they need to love hammering in nails or vacuuming the house, or manually massaging data for reports to various organizations. >And if you're reading this and thinking, "screw this Jeff Atwood guy, who is he to tell me whether I should learn to code or not", all I can say is: good! That's the spirit! And fuck Jeff for changing his tune from "Not everyone should learn to program" to "Well if you think you need to program, good for you! That's what I meant all along!" He still needs to walk it back. You can't possibly know when programming could be used without a basic understanding of programming.