Doing some coding is does not help anyone understand what a programmer does, just like driving you car around the block doesn't help you understand what a Formu

Doing some coding is does not help anyone understand what a programmer does, just like driving you car around the block doesn't help you understand what a Formula 1 driver does. The two are only rudimentary related, and the notion that doing some basic coding is enough to understand, let alone get some appreciation of what it takes to code is insulting. That's not "walking a mile in developer shoes", it's just picking them up and see what size they are... It will have the exact opposite result of creating respect for the developers. It equates developers to simple codemonkeys. There many things you can do to get a better understanding of software development, and it's wonderful if non-programmers that have to work with or manage engineers would make the effort to do just that. But Mr. McDonald's ideas about programming and what to do to get a better understanding of it are based on patronizing and insulting prejudices. There's no respect there. Also, respect doesn't require fucking about with code. I can respect the craftsmanship of a plumber and the skill and knowledge of a surgeon without having to fix a boiler or cut open a human being, thank you very much. Come to think of it, McDonald is actually insulting the abilities of people on both sides of the equation. The only person who mr. McDonald seems to be genuinely impressed with is mr. McDonald.