in recent years there's been a lot of
hype around coding that it's an
invaluable skill everyone should learn
or that it's a field where there's a lot
of money to be made and while there are
a lot of great reasons to learn to code
it might not be the best career choice
for everyone in order to determine if
coding is a good fit for you you'll want
to consider a number of different
aspects one thing to think about is the
job market there are a lot of jobs and
freelance opportunities out there for
programmers and and many of them pay
well but there are also even more
programmers seeking jobs studies showed
that there are 50 percent more people
seeking employment than there are actual
coding positions this means that simply
knowing how to code isn't a surefire way
to land a job employers are looking for
the highest quality programmers out
there like any skill coding takes
dedication and patience to develop the
more time you put into it the better
you'll become learning your first coding
language might prove to be a long and
difficult process but the good news is
that once you've learned one others
become easier to grasp as technology
continues to evolve some new jobs are
going to be created but some of today's
jobs will also become obsolete some
argue that it might be a better
investment to study growing fields like
AI and machine learning but on the other
hand learning to code is a great way to
gain an understanding of software from
the bottom up and it can serve as a
jumping off point if you want to move
into those fields in the future so
should you learn to code there are a lot
of opinions out there but ultimately
it's up to you if it seems like
something you really enjoy and you're
willing to put in the effort go for it
but if it's something you're on the
fence about you might want to keep
looking there are a lot of other options
out there and you're bound to find
something that's a better fit for you
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