Coding is important because everything that is a computer or is in the computer is built based on code telling it what command to do when you click or touch. Coders are an important part of society because technology isn't going anywhere and we need people who can write code for basically the rest of time now. If as Americans we cant produce enough coders, places like Google are going to start going overseas to find people who can. We should be concerned about this because this is a growing industry that can potentially create a lot of jobs.