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Software Developer Shortage Transcends International Boundaries
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There is a global shortage of software developers, especially in the growing health information technology field, and experts say solving the problem will require the cooperation and coordination of the public and private sectors.
In the United Kingdom, TotalMobile, an Irish company that develops mobile software used by the U.K.'s National Health Service, sponsors numerous programs that are designed to get women and children interested in programming and careers in the field. TotalMobile CEO Colin Reid says the government should be teaching children programing skills as early as possible.
In Massachusetts, the public school system is introducing science and technology curricula starting in the fourth grade that is specifically designed to make these fields appealing to girls.
Meanwhile, the private sector is helping to address a shortage of software developers in Dubai. Marwan Abdulaziz of TECOM Investments Science Cluster, which operates a Dubai business park, says that nation is facing a dual problem in that what developers it has are often foreign nationals who do not intend to stay in the country long term, and so must develop a tech workforce from its own population.
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