CIO OPINION
What is needed is an environment in which aspirant software developers can get trained and move into a good career as quickly as possible .
Gareth Hawkey , Non-Executive
Director , redAcademy and Group CEO , redPanda Software
Education at the speed of tech : Why a paradigm shift is required to teach software development
Gareth Hawkey , Non-Executive Director , redAcademy and Group CEO , redPanda Software , shares here that the way software development is taught must be reinvented for today ’ s digital world .
Technology is evolving rapidly . It seems only fair to expect that the skills being taught to those entering the workplace also need to change and adapt . However , this is not the case with tertiary institutions like universities and technical colleges , which are still stuck in the traditional mindset of only focusing on transferring knowledge . What is needed is an environment in which aspirant software developers can get trained and move into a good career as quickly as possible .
If anything , being able to train somebody with the end goal of getting a job and building a career has become the key differentiator . Just consider how the world ’ s software requirements have grown exponentially over the past 20 years . Every organisation needs software to be successful . Whether it is a retailer looking to open more stores or a brand wanting to expand on its product range , software is the golden thread tying everything together .
Invariably , this has created a massive need for software developers . But in South Africa for example , the number of software developers entering the market is low , mainly because of the reliance on the ‘ old way ’ of doing things .
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