I applaud the author&#x27;s decision not to invest effort in learning that doesn&#x27;t fit her goals. Perhaps one day in our future coding ability will become a requirement in society, in the same way that literacy did over the course of history. Or perhaps the ability to code will forever remain a niche professional skill, like the ability to solve partial differential equations, or read music. It may even go the way of carving stone tablets. In today&#x27;s world coding is not a requirement, and the author should definitely focus on things she finds fulfilling.<p>I take particular exception, however, to the reasoning within the article which says, essentially, &quot;If I were the kind of person who does X, I&#x27;d already be doing X&quot;. Substitute for X any skill you yourself picked up later in your life, and personal experience should show how false this is. Running, Singing, Public Speaking, dancing the tango at your wedding. We humans are not born fully formed is all facets of our personality, but we have to earn the shape of our lives through effort and experience.