>> "But at some point in time, it will become a roadblock to not know how to write a basic script to automate some repetitive/remedial task." Isn't that the op

>> "But at some point in time, it will become a roadblock to not know how to write a basic script to automate some repetitive/remedial task." Isn't that the opposite of what's happening? 20 years ago it was necessary to know stuff like that to make full use of a computer. Now we have programs like IFTT.com or the more powerful Automator on OS X which allow us to do those things using a GUI without having to understand ho the scripts work or are written. Why can't we continue building tools so that people don't have to waste time learning the nitty gritty? Computing has been getting easier and easier so much so that 1 year olds and 90 year olds can use computing devices. Why does everyone seem to think that in the future we will all be coding when that has been becoming less necessary as time has passed?