It is valuable for all IT professionals to be familiar with a programming language because:

Question $1$ options:

$1)$

There will always be lots of jobs available for Python coders.

$2)$

IT professionals must interact with multiple stakeholders with varying technical expertise, and programming concepts are critical to explaining how software works.

$3)$

IT professionals will have to explain examples of code to systems users.

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IT professionals need to use tech jargon associated with coding during their everyday activities.