> a useful skill many younger programmers lack.

Because it’s unnecessary.

It’s not a difficult skill.

When folks are in that situation, they tend to adapt quickly to their reality. But that’s not the reality for the vast majority of developers today.

Thankfully.

Yep I really hate the characterisation that tried to imply people are weaker or worse because they lack a contextually relevant skill.

I spent about 6 months teaching myself how to tie a set of useful knots, and the reality is by now I can't do most of them anymore because day to day it turns out I just never need to tie a Midshipmen's knot (it's super useful when the siruation arises..which is rarely for an IT worker).