It’s been a while since you last heard the stereotypical comments like, “IT is the Future” or “Coding is the Future”. Do you believe that Coding has taken a backseat in the current work scenario?
If you say yes, we’d like you let you know just how heavily misinformed you are!

Coding is still, to date, considered as one of the most important career skills of the future. Why is that? In a previous article we mentioned just how important Learning Digital Marketing is for rapid growth in your career – Read Here (LINK). Considering how much time people, all around the world, are spending online, and just how imperative aesthetics and easy-to-use websites are to attract more traffic, the tech sector, especially coding takes a front seat in the career market, so much so, that if you are a fluent coder, companies are willing to dish out premium salaries from the very beginning of your career.
Still not convinced? Here are 5 Reasons You need to Learn Coding – Career Growth as well as Personal Growth.

• Increased Job Opportunities: With the world rapidly moving towards newer technology, and away from the older systems of working, Coding becomes an important skill to learn. Almost all new technological advancement is coded, whether it’s coding computer programmes, or credit cards, or airplanes, and now with TESLA, even automatic cars. More and more companies are actively looking for coders who are fluent with what they do, increasing the number of job opportunities designed specifically for Coders.

• Future of Coding: As we move forward to the growth and innovation of better technology, it is becoming extremely obvious just how much the newer technology is dependent on properly written codes. Coding isn’t just a hobby, or a special skill anymore, but something that will pave the way for technological advancement. Therefore, a job as a Coder is extremely futuristic, and learning coding would be an investment.

• Higher Salaries: If one knows how to code, they can easily demand higher salaries from their employers. Like we’ve stated before, companies want excellent coders considering a lot of their product advancement and brand image relies on properly written codes, that perform functions that provide immediate gratification to the consumers. Therefore, if you are someone who is an excellent coder, you can demand premium salaries from your employers.

• You are seen as a problem solver: One doesn’t become desirable just for a particular skill set, but because of the several other traits that are viewed to be under the same umbrella of the skill set. Coders are generally seen as problem solvers, which is definitely a highly valued skill or trait in any industry, company or agency. Since coding is basically telling a computer or any machine for that matter, what to do and how to do any task logically, while also breaking down complex tasks into smaller tasks to feed into any machine, the coder automatically becomes a more logical, problem solving person. Therefore, professionally and personally they are viewed as a problem solver which makes them someone who is wanted or sought out for in a company – work and personal relations, both.

• Career Flexibility: How is coding going to increase career flexibility? Isn’t it a niche? We hear you, and for most of the part, yes, it is a niche. However, Coding doesn’t have to be a 9-5 job, like the rest, you can work remotely, considering it’s all digital, and therefore opens up massive career options for you. Moreover, your career choice doesn’t have to be coding and yet knowing how to code will be viewed as a rewarding skill on your CV. Coding, even as a hobby is seen as an asset. This is generally because you might have to interact with coders on a daily basis, no matter what your job is, and having prior knowledge of coding eases communication and gets work done faster, making learning how to code a highly valued skill.

Have we convinced you yet, need we say more?
Coding is a career path of the current, paving the way for the future. Whether you’re a student or a working professional, adding a skill like coding to your CV would make you a desirable and generally a more relevant candidate compared to the rest. Apart from that, you can use the knowledge of coding to start your own business, to work as a freelancer, or just as a hobby. There is absolutely no downside to learning how to code. You have no excuses!