My experience is that few people care to learn how to code. Even fewer people can learn to code, even minimally. Learning to code just a little bit takes a long time and is about as frustrating and dangerous as learning how to ride a motorcycle just a little bit.

I'd rather work with people who have good ideas, management skills, financial savvy, marketing expertise -- a well-rounded team. Only hiring programmers, or telling potential hires they will have to learn to code is just going to create a monoculture and alienate good people with valuable non-programming skills.

Making everyone learn to code is neither practical nor necessary. Dr. Johnson said "You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables."

Agreed.