Jobs in programming continue to be lucrative and in demand, and there are a number of skills that kids can pick up to ensure they have the best chance of succeeding in the industry.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational outlook handbook
, according to annual rankings published Wednesday. Java developers work on the design and development of applications used the Java programming language. Glassdoor found that the role pays £55,381 on average in the U.K. Picking the right programming language to learn is also key, Althoff said. He recommended that kids start with Python or JavaScript.
"Computers only understand zeros and ones, so coding at the machine level means coding with only 0s and 1s, which is very difficult," he said, particularly in terms of making the code longer.