Skill coding is essential for IT careers according to the speaker. The IT job market in Indonesia is growing rapidly, with the need for over 6 million IT workers by 2015. Popular careers include UI/UX design, front-end development, back-end development, mobile development, database administration, DevOps, quality assurance, and cybersecurity. The speaker believes that learning to code teaches important problem-solving skills and that programming is fun and gets easier with practice. Students are encouraged to learn coding through online courses, communities, examples, and videos while also getting paid.