I work a lot with Amazon, and therefore, I think a lot about the processes involved when selling on Amazon. I also think a lot about how different brands and their teams organize their work around this giant e-commerce site. I complained about it not existing any tools helping companies with “X” and “Y” to a college, who then answered – “That doesn’t exist because probably very few people who can code have seen the same things you have seen”.
This is why I think everyone should learn to code, at least the basics. Not because everyone should be able to build the next tech startup, but because when you can code, you can also see the possibilities. For example, I can code, so I will probably start to build the tool I need, and I have an idea about how I would do it. If I couldn’t code, I’m not sure if I would have thought about this idea and a possible solution from the start. Since I wouldn’t know how, for example, API:s or file sharing works, but now, when I know at least the basics, I can come up with the idea and start to build an MVP.