Melissa McCreery had a good idea for the site she works for, Company Muse, and didn't want to wait for the development team to build it, so she learned code and built it herself.

McCreery is one of a slew of wannabe techies who are delving into the seemingly complex world of learning code. From politicians to entrepreneurs to high school students — it's becoming apparent that knowing the basics of coding is beneficial for anyone working with technology, i.e. nearly every person. But don't worry, it's not as intimidating as it seems, McCreery says.

Company Muse features in-depth profiles of companies, complete with photos, interviews with employees and job openings, in order to give professional, female job seekers a better idea of what it's like to work there. McCreery is the editor for the site, which posts articles on a daily basis about career-related topics. McCreery thought users would benefit from having all the jobs in one place. And since the developers were tasked with higher priority projects, she took it upon herself to create the job search feature, appropriately titled, All Jobs. With only one high-school coding class under her belt — in a language that is no longer used — McCreery spent her evenings learning to code.

"I said, 'hey, I can just build this,'" she recalled.

It took about two months for her to learn Python, HTML, CSS and JavaScript — all of which were required to complete the feature. She studied and practiced on evenings after long days at the office. She downloaded "Learn Python the Hard Way," which, ironically, breaks it down into easy step-by-step instructions, she said. McCreery said she went through "lesson after lesson" until she was comfortable enough with it to mess with the site's code.

In six days, she built the new feature, which launches on Tuesday.

The new jobs page lists the openings of the 34 companies that are displayed on Company Muse. Users can search by job type and experience level.

McCreery says learning code is especially important for people working at, or with, startups.

"Knowing code gives you much more ability to know your product," she says. "I would encourage people to have a basic familiarity with code and how it works."

Being able to talk about code with developers also encourages better cross-department communication within startups. And for anyone intimidated by the complex coding language, McCreery says, it's not that difficult.

"The language has become a lot more accessible," she says.

Kathryn Minshew and Alex Cavoulacos co-founded Company Muse, which launched this past April. The site sprang from The Daily Muse, launched September 2011. The team recently relocated back to where it was initially started — NYC — after spending time in SIlicon Valley. Recently, the site reached 1 million users.

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