The Fallacy of “Everyone Should Learn to Code”

I don't think "everyone should learn to code" is proved wrong by virtue of there being careers where you won't use code. Ignoring the fact that more and more careers will involve writing code (even if it's just an excel macro to help with your accounts), learning to code isn't about writing software.

The process of coding is about a logical, methodical approach to problem solving - and that helps with everything, regardless of what you get paid to do. Having a set of skills that enable you to step back and see the bigger picture, think forward to see future problems, develop strategies that account for as yet unknown requirements, and so on, which are the key skills we use to write code, can be applied to non-coding jobs.

What people should learn should be about skills rather than knowledge. Studying things that aren't directly applicable to a job is still useful.

Not everyone is wired to be an "analytical/critical/problem solving" thinker.