By Katie Lepi, Edudemic
Understanding how to code is a great skill to have. In fact, it is growing to be an important part of a well-rounded education – slowly but surely. With so many careers of the future slated to be STEM based, knowing how to code can be a huge bonus in the job market. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, two of the fastest-growing occupations are in computer science and related fields – expected to grow 53.4% by 2018. There are so many different resources out there to help you learn how to code, and yet so many people still don’t know how, and don’t value the skill a whole lot. Luckily, there are big efforts being made to bring awareness to coding. The Hour Of Code is probably still the most well known at this point, but look out for more to come! The handy infographic linked below takes a look at how many lines of code it takes to create…stuff.
http://www.edudemic.com/how-many-lines-of-code-is-that/
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