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The Unicorn Tester
Learn to code. It's that simple. Learn the fundamentals of programming, the core principles of functional and object oriented application development, and practice writing simple applications. There's really no other thing to say about this.
For a tester to claim that he ought not need to know how to program, is basically the same as a scientist to claim he ought not need to know how to set his own experiments up.
There is a subtle but significant transformation taking place in software development that has enormous implications both for the way product teams are organized, and for the future of the roles within those teams.