I believe that this is precisely the fear. I don't think anyone is enamored with the beleaguered process in becoming a doctor, and would not like "hacking" to turn into some long process requiring official education or a lot of personal determination. Today you can "fall into" becoming a programmer. In fact, many of the best programmers I know started in completely different professions, they didn't make a decision early on that writing software is what they wanted to do.<p>I am simply explaining the OPs fears. There exists an argument that the iPad could theoretically inspire more people to learn because its more "fun".