@binjoadeniran wrote:
Stumbled upon this blogpost by Mike Haadlow - a software developer in the UK. He talks about the possible reasons why there's a shortage of good programmers and what could be done to fix it. Summary: Programmes that promise to make you a good programmer in a short time are a lie
It’s a common theme in the media that there is a shortage of skilled programmers (‘programmers’, ‘coders’, ‘software developers’, all these terms mean the same thing and I shall use them interchangeably). There is much hand-wringing over this coding skills gap. The narrative is that we are failing to produce candidates for the “high quality jobs of tomorrow”. For example, this from The Telegraph:
“Estimates from the Science Council suggest that the ICT workforce will grow by 39 per cent by 2030, and a 2013 report from O2 stated that around 745,000 additional workers with digital skills would be needed to meet demand between now and 2017.
Furthermore, research by City & Guilds conducted last year revealed that three quarters of employers in the IT, Digital and Information Services Sector said that their industry was facing a skills gap, while 47 per cent of employers surveyed said that the education system wasn’t meeting the needs of business.”
Most commentators see the problem as being a lack of suitable training. Not enough programmers are being produced from our educational institutions.
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