[SomeCallMeTim]

>The problem is that the list of things you should learn, as you imply, is endless.

No one is seriously saying that learning, say, an obscure type of lace-making will improve your life in any way.

Learning to program is akin to learning to read; in a sense learning to program is really about learning to think clearly about a problem.

And that can be clearly applied to most aspects of life.