Look, we can't stress it enough: coding is the future. Having skills or even some basic know-how of computer programming will come in really handy in jobs of the future. Businesses are increasingly becoming heavily reliant on technology, and technology involves a someone who knows his/her way around software and computer engineering. A coder is in demand everywhere — from research to manufacturing, IT to finance, healthcare to high-end retail.
If even freakin' will.i.am is taking coding classes, you know its important.