In the hit 1967 film “The Graduate,” Dustin Hoffman was given a famous one-word bit of career advice: “Plastics.”

More than a half-century later, in 2019, that same advice would no doubt feature a different word with an equal amount of certainty: “Coding.” 

As today’s workforce undergoes huge changes, heavily influenced by computer automation, the ability to “speak” a digital language is becoming extremely valuable. Those preparing for the jobs of tomorrow—and increasingly, today—are clamoring to add computer coding skills to their résumé.