<i>There’s nothing in particular that I want to build that I can’t already hack together using basic OSS or otherwise freely available tools.</i><p>I think that shows she <i>does</i> know &quot;How to Code&quot; enough to solve the problems she faces, but isn&#x27;t interesting in going beyond that; and I agree, that is a perfectly fine and already far better position than what many others are in. IMHO society doesn&#x27;t need more professional programmers (who are just going to build more things we probably don&#x27;t need); it needs more people who know enough about how computers work to be able to control them better and make them do what they want.