10 Reasons Why You Should Learn To Code
By: Arunakirinathan Aruthran
Tags: Learning To Code, Advice, Programming Beginner, Programming, Coding

Hi guys! In this post, I would like to give you 10 reasons why you should learn to code if you are just starting and trying to find reasons to justify learning to code.

1. High earning potential

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This is perhaps the most obvious reason to learn to program. In most countries, the full-time software engineering positions, even at the entry-level, offer a higher salary than most other professions. In the US, many skillful developers can easily make six figures a year. To find out more about various levels of salaries of software engineers, visit the glassdoor website. I would also recommend that you check out this great article if you want to know more.

2. The ability to work from home

One of the best things about software engineering that sets it apart from most other professions is the ability to work from anywhere in the world. All you need is a laptop and an internet connection. If you are the type of person who likes to work from home, this is great news for you.

3. A great skill to further strengthen your CV

Even if you don’t want to pursue software engineering as a profession, having the ability to code in your CV might signal to your potential employer that you can think in a structured, critical way and that you can understand advanced and abstract concepts. This is going to improve your chances to get a job in the tech industry.

4. A way to express your creativity

It might be hard for a person who has never programmed before to understand this point, but experienced programmers tend to think of programming as a mixture of art and science. Although you might get a lot of highly repetitive stuff to do as a programmer, it takes some creativity to write beautifully designed and well-structured code, which itself is highly valuable.

5. The ability to meet and work with a lot of interesting people

As a software engineer, you would be able to meet and even work with very intelligent people in the tech industry, some of whom might even be future multimillionaires or billionaires. So a career in programming would enable you to make beneficial contacts that might be helpful in your other future tech related endeavors.

6. The ability to learn completely online

Programming is the only skill that would enable you to earn a good amount of money while being able to master the skills completely online. You can learn to program at home, at a very minimal cost or even for free. Doesn’t that sound awesome? I bet it does. It just takes some patience and a little bit of the ability to search for things to get started.

7. Improves your abilities of problem-solving and critical thinking

This is a very crucial skill in real life, the importance of which is often overlooked. The abilities which you develop as a programmer might be surprisingly useful later on, especially if you are interested in pursuing a career in business. Even in real life, there might be situations when you have to think critically and in those situations, these skills might come in handy.

8. The ability to create useful software products

It feels really good when you have the ability to create something useful. Programming is great in the sense that it allows people to develop useful software products with real-world applications from scratch. By building suitable software, you can often solve a lot of problems that persist in the real world.

9. Abundance of job opportunities

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A recent research done by Microsoft shows that there will be around 98 million software development job opportunities created in the next 5 years. Moreover, it indicates that software engineering accounts for most of the job opportunities in the tech industry.

10. The ability to start your own business

In the modern, technologically advanced world, most businesses are created online. Having the skill of programming namely web development will give you the ability to start your own business online without having to hire a developer. Even if you are not a web developer, it would be much easier to learn web development with prior programming experience than without it.

A big thank you for reading till the end of this article.