To program or not to program?
I think people should learn how to automate things: it makes a number of things in work and personal life much easier. Does that include programming or not?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code.html
The title of this article was not addressed at you, but Mayor Bloomberg. See the follow up for more details: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/so-you-want-to-be-a-programmer.html
Coding Horror: Please Don't Learn to Code