Not all code is the same
But that’s not so obvious to someone who doesn’t code at all: it’s easy to think coders are people who do all the code you’re not doing — because, to the untrained eye, all code is the same. - Heydon
We use the word “code” for such a broad amount of tasks, to those who cannot code it seems all the same.
It is not.
It's suited to different archetypes, or at least different mindsets.
As an example, take the three main web technologies:
1. HTML - A metalanguage. Markup. For the writer. Precise use of semantic elements. The structure should be deliberate, not forced or accidental.
2. CSS - The typographer. The designer. Visual intuition.
3. Javascript - The event driven imperative/functional programmer.
You could even add
4. (Python|Go|Rust|Node|BACKEND) - The distributed systems programmer.
Although you could group 3 and 4 into “computer scientist”.
I think it's important to know and switch mindsets and approaches whenever you're in one of these modes.
See also mixing leads to gatekeeping