I work with a pretty good QA tester guy who doesn't write any of code, but can configure an entire realistic test network across Windows / Linux servers, Android devices, IOS devices in a day.

Are ya going to fire him after seeing his lack of GIT commits after one week as CEO?

Well the current events says Engineers were asked to print code which applies to only relevant parties (ex, people who are expected to commit code). If you are QA testing and aren't expected to commit code then it should be obvious that you are not subjected to that rubric.

Obviously I meant if their job duties involve writing code or something…

You might want to calibrate your view of what is obvious. Which is the point gp was making.

Because you and I both know those rumors aren't true. Upper management at any big company isn't going to let any of that slide no matter the culture. And implying that 50% of people are that level of unproductive is laughable by any metric. You could probably make some shit up by pointing at a technical manager that hasn't written code in a while but that's not indicative of their actual performance.