
A friend of mine recently asked “should I learn programming?” My reaction was of course “yeah!”
. . . then I had to explain my reaction.
I knew intuitively why he – or anyone – should learn programming no matter their profession or interests. When I had to explain it to him, I had to organize my thoughts and explain my instinctive reaction. I saw these thoughts and emails and thought “these would make a good column.”
Which is what you’re about to read.
So in honor of my friend, and as part of my role as Geek Job Guru, here’s why you should learn programming. Why anyone should learn programming.
But first . . .

