It's not hard to see at least some of the angles it probably comes from. It's popular for politicians to bank on things like "everyone should learn to code" for

It's not hard to see at least some of the angles it probably comes from. It's popular for politicians to bank on things like "everyone should learn to code" for publicity; outsourcing makes development look like a cheap commodity and a second thought; bottom of the barrel "website in a night" generators are crap, but they're cheap and easy, and most people can't tell the difference; websites like codeacademy present the image of a skillset you can pick up effectively in your downtime. So much of the public perception of programming has gone from "ooh, you do what? I have no idea how that works!" to "oh, you do that? Anyone can do that."