Poor article written on a poor premise. Even assuming that Donald Trump knows everything about how his company's physically operate (which btw, he doesn't), to say that his success is dependent upon that and not the myriad of other factors is a stretch. Further, again assuming that Trump knows all about how his company(s) operate, why are there countless counter examples? Warren Buffet anyone (who if I remember correctly is the 2nd richest man in the world now, because he gave away enough to make Bill Gates the 1st)? How did we come to call upon him as the standard of success? If I remember correctly, he isn't even in the top 100 richest people in the world.

Also, as someone from a business background who is also a programmer, I find the skill of irrelevance in business, and in some cases a hindrance. I am tired of seeing the same dead horse beaten into the ground.

Some hip programmers/start-up folks think that learning to code is going to be that thing that determines success or failure. Its not. If you are not a programmer by profession, then learning programming is not going to be the determining factor in getting you a job or helping with your start-up.

I wish that we all lived in some imaginary land where you knowing Java or understanding how software works, down to the byte of information is going to give you that next big investor or get you that next big job/promotion. Really, I wish it were the case. Unfortunately, its not. When a non-programmer applies for a non-programmer position at a fortune 500 company, not only does he not have space on his 1 page (or maybe 2 page) resume to list all the languages he knows or software projects he has worked on; even assuming he could, the HR manager on the other end is immediately going to toss that resume in the waste basket. Period.

Please HN, stop up voting the same retarded argument. Its made to the front page probably 100 times in the 3 years I have been here. Please stop. The horse is dead.