I find it distressing that any working professional would suggest that *anyone* can be successful in their profession. This is not true of lawyers, doctors, bankers, construction workers, garbage collectors, or security guards. Why would it be true of JavaScript developers?

Yes, everyone should learn basic programming because it’s required to actually understand how the things we rely on work. But that advice applies to electronics, combustion engines, the law and psychology. But you aren’t selling books about those…