Please Don't Learn to Code Versus Please Learn to Code

I have been following the exchange of advices among technophiles around the world. This exchange has been as a result of of a blogpost by Jeff Atwood. Jeff is the co-founder of http://stackoverflow.com/ now under http://stackexchange.com/ alongside Joel Spolsky. I have listed some of the the posts that have headlines around the world. I have deliberately left out forum discussions. 

There is one article by Rob Sobers of varonis.com that was written way back in January but did not catch the attention of many. I have placed it just below that of Jeff. Except for these first two, the articles have been arranged in alphabetical order. I hope you will enjoy them:

• Please Don't Learn to Code http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code.html

• Please don’t learn to code http://accidentalhacker.com/post/16116466587/please-dont-learn-to-code

•  A Modest Proposal: Please Don’t Learn to Code Because It Will Damage Your Tiny Brain http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2012/05/16/a-modest-proposal-please-dont-learn-to-code-because-it-will-damage-your-tiny-brain/

• Look, I love programming. I also believe programming is important http://pro.benjaminste.in/post/23103344300/look-i-love-programming-i-also-believe?80930240

• New tech advice: don't learn to code http://www.itworld.com/software/277396/new-tech-advice-dont-learn-code

• On Atwood's Please Don't Learn to Code https://gist.github.com/0f61db65bbd2d2cb681a

• On Learning to Code http://www.philterdesign.com/?p=633

• Please Do Learn How to Propose Better Solutions http://smarterware.org/10050/please-do-learn-how-to-propose-better-solutions

• Please Do Learn To Code http://decafbad.com/blog/2012/05/16/please-learn-to-code

• Please Don't Become Anything, Especially Not A Programmer http://learncodethehardway.org/blog/MAY_15_2012.html

• Please don’t learn to code but give it a try http://www.codingninja.co.uk/please-dont-learn-to-code-but-give-it-a-try/

• Please Don’t Learn To Code http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/archive/2012/05/15/please-don-t-learn-to-code.aspx

• Please Don’t Learn To Code http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code/

• Please Don’t Not Need To Desperately Learn to Code http://www.iamdann.com/2012/05/15/please-dont-not-need-to-desperately-learn-to-code

• Please learn to code http://sachagreif.com/please-learn-to-code/

• Please Learn To Code… If You Feel Like It http://malevolent.com/weblog/archive/2012/05/16/please-learn-to-code

• Please Learn to Think about Abstractions http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PleaseLearnToThinkAboutAbstractions.aspx 

• Please Learn to Write http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2012/05/16/please_learn_to_write.html

• Please Understand Learning to Code http://dave.fayr.am/posts/2012-05-15-please-understand-learning-to-code.html

• The First Time I Used Programming At Work http://justinkan.com/2012/5/15/the-first-time-i-used-programming-at-work 

• Why I Desperately Needed to Learn to Code http://influencehacks.com/why-i-desperately-needed-to-learn-to-code
  

• Why I Taught My Daughter To Code (A Little) http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2012/05/16/why-i-taught-my-daughter-to-code-a-little.aspx

• Why Jeff Atwood is Completely Wrong: Everyone Should Learn to Code http://www.rogerharford.com/jeff-atwood-is-wrong-everyone-should-code

• Why learning to code is not just a horrible trend http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-learning-to-code-is-not-just-a-horrible-trend/