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Why is 'code' different to any other skilled profession - Medicine, Plumbing, Quantity surveying, Piano tuning, Speech Therapy -

Why is it essential that 'everyone' knows about code -why draw the distinction?

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Because like writing and basic arithmetic, it's relevant to some degree in the majority of other fields. Code is used in medicine, quantity surveying, manufacturing, film, oil drilling. It's a field that cross-cuts fields, and decision-makers who don't have a basic understanding of it are going to make worse decisions no matter what their organization's primary focus is.

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