Whilst I agree that it would be silly to say that everyone should be a software engineer, an understanding of how basic programming works would be a benefit to

Whilst I agree that it would be silly to say that everyone should be a software engineer, an understanding of how basic programming works would be a benefit to many people in many varying fields. I became interested in programming through scripting Adobe InDesign. In this type of area, it's really amazing what a little bit of programming knowledge can achieve. Our technical books now contain far fewer inaccuracies because they are tested by the computer, and index-compilation tasks that used to take days by hand are done on command. Programming is cool, and I like that people talk about demystifying it a bit.