[yarper]

I agree with the author that boot-camps and the learn-to-code attitude teaches people generally that they could easily "do it if they wanted". This is slightly different to the intended message which is "you should do it, we can help".

Historically for me, I'm sure that kind of attitude pushed my clueless bosses into thinking I'm some kind of semi-skilled lackey that can readily be replaced with outsourced staff or graduate hires. It's kind of a self feeding one, because if they do outsource it works for a while, until a kind of critical mass happens and it starts falling apart. The confirmation bias after making this call also makes it almost impossible to undo.

I'd disagree on one point - and that is that programmer is a synonym for software developer. It's one thing coding yourself up some scripts at home, another thing altogether building a reliable, scalable technical solution within a (possibly large) team. All software developers are programmers, but not all programmers are software developers.