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Eh, I don't buy this - more people are learning to code than ever. There are infinite resources online, it has penetrated society's conscious that this is an easy way to get a really well paying job. And there have never existed as many people who can code ever before - Johnny will likely know someone who does it for a living. Johnny also consumes infinite amounts of software from birth.

I bet there is no data backing the Author's claim except - "The way I learned to doesn't exist so noone is learning anymore." I will refer everyone to go look at the numbers - whether it's CS grads per capita or SWEs per capita we are rising quickly.

[SQueeeeeL]

The author's point is that software consumption is fundamentally different from understanding of a machine. Just because there are thousands of SWEs being collectively paid billions of dollars to dump out enterprise code bases doesn't indicate understanding, simply that the skill is in demand. I'd honestly expect being somewhat tech illiterate is beneficial for a lot of these jobs, as it makes you care less about the decisions handed down from management