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by tinyprojects 1424 days ago
Also noticing this - very hard to find software engineers in the UK right now. Apparently we have a major skill shortage[1] - which I'm not surprised by, given how little CS/coding was pushed in schools 5-10 years ago.

[1]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62098767

2 comments

How is it that Silicon Valley is in America, when we have so many net-savvy tech-heads here. They may have the silicon chip, but we have the silicon chap, and of course, chapesses
More people and more money, but also respect the quip if it was just a setup.
Could it be about attracting talent from abroad instead? I work in the UK and more than 70% of my team is not from the UK. It used to be even more.