[elestor]

Everybody should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think

- Steve Jobs

[xikxp1]

Everybody should learn to program a computer, so we could hire the best to build our products.

That's what he wanted to say. If he really meant what he said, he'd took some effort to learn himself

[4gotunameagain]

It teaches you a very specific way of thinking, albeit a useful one.