I agree with you in general that coding (unlike critical thinking and logic, as discussed above) is not a necessary skill. I think the last sentence is uncharitable though. At least in the case of pg, I'm pretty confident that his desire for everyone to learn to code is purely altruistic, springing from the fact that programming ability was a massive positive factor in his own life, as well as those of most people he knows. More, I expect that most VCs, like most people, are generally decent human beings, and therefore their motives are likely not to be purely self-centered. I'm sure there are some sociopaths out there who only care about building their fortunes, but most who advocate learning to code probably legitimately believe it's a good idea. (And honestly, it IS beneficial to learn to code; just not as vitally important as it is sometimes portrayed.)
You can code for $60/h and pay $5-$10 of that to someone else to cook a meal for you and clean up too. Why on earth would you want to be the latter guy?
If everyone can code you won't code for $60/h
If everyone can code we will automate the economy to such an extent that goods and services will be practically free.
Re:Interview by a 15 Year Old
by lentil_soup on Sunday November 08, 2015 @07:53AM
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because you like cooking more than coding?
Humans have been cooking for thousands and thousands of years, but modern schools have no idea how to teach it, hence the epidemics of obesity, diabetes, etc. So how on Earth can they teach anyone to "code" and should that reallly be priority?
Silicon Valley VCs want everyone to learn to code because it'll be cheap grist for their mill...