Europe has a whacking big talent problem: there simply aren’t enough people who know how to code.
Analysis
June 23, 2021
The booming business of in-house developer training programmes
Leading European tech companies like Deliveroo and Spotify are setting up training schemes for developers to fill their ever-increasing tech needs.
6 min read
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Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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