The thinking and problem solving skills acquired with coding are transferable - just like figuring out how a sink works or how to solve any multi step problem.  To brush it under the rug shows a lack of understanding of how learning takes place as well as a smug self assertion that a person can predict the future with respect to job demands. Of course everyone is wrong except you.  That's what you can tell them as they solve your problems, computer and otherwise, for you in 5-10 years.