I can't believe all the catty defensive replies. The answer is that programming is designing automation (automatic computation) and functionality of computers. So getting into that mindset naturally leads to "well, what If I can automate what I'm doing too? What if I can make a function that makes these functions?". Not to mention, a gardener isn't tempted to trim his rake into a better rake, because that wouldn't work - the tools are made by a different process than what they are used for. Not so in programming