Looking to the future and thinking about what kind of job you might like to do once you leave school is always a good idea. Of course, you don’t have to make any decisions but it can certainly help steer you in the right direction and help you work out what skills to focus on if you have some idea of what kind of career or the kind of industry you’d like to find yourself in.

Computer coding and programming is a great skill to have under your belt, as it can be applied in a wide variety of different jobs, so you could open up numerous avenues and give yourself lots of choices once you have left the wonderful world of education behind you for good.

People working in the engineering industry (including civil and mechanical engineers, as well as engineering technicians) make excellent use of programming to carry out research and design and test new products, so this could be one direction worth pursuing.

Or what about teaching? Technology and computers are becoming increasingly prevalent in schools around the world, so skills in this area are only going to become more important as time goes on. Futureproof yourself today with a bit of coding and who knows where your job could take you?

Coding can also be put to good use in arts and design, so if you’ve got your heart set on being a graphic or web designer, joining computer clubs in London or elsewhere that make this a real focus could prove invaluable.

Check out these top tips to help you kickstart your career in coding today.