It's not "code" and "not code", it's "software engineering", "programming", and "using a computer".
So many more people program computers than think they're programming. Anything that allows a computer to reproduce what would otherwise be a manual set of steps is programming. Made a bookmark in your browser? That's programming. Excel is definitely programming. And have you ever tried styling a web page using only the browser dev tools? CSS is hardcore programming, and people who claim otherwise are often snobs who find CSS too hard so they call it "not programming" in order to feel better about themselves.
Software Engineering is a whole different ball game. It's not so much what as how and actually the "programming" bit is almost always the easy part. That's why Software Engineers run away when someone asks them to look at "this really useful spreadsheet than $PERSON made" -- chances are that person doesn't think of themselves as a programmer, but that's what they've been doing and they're actually really good at it. But only in isolation, while Software Engineering involves working with whole systems and (more importantly) both the people who use them and the people who work on them.
So many more people program computers than think they're programming. Anything that allows a computer to reproduce what would otherwise be a manual set of steps is programming. Made a bookmark in your browser? That's programming. Excel is definitely programming. And have you ever tried styling a web page using only the browser dev tools? CSS is hardcore programming, and people who claim otherwise are often snobs who find CSS too hard so they call it "not programming" in order to feel better about themselves.
Software Engineering is a whole different ball game. It's not so much what as how and actually the "programming" bit is almost always the easy part. That's why Software Engineers run away when someone asks them to look at "this really useful spreadsheet than $PERSON made" -- chances are that person doesn't think of themselves as a programmer, but that's what they've been doing and they're actually really good at it. But only in isolation, while Software Engineering involves working with whole systems and (more importantly) both the people who use them and the people who work on them.