Codecool Report 2019: CEE region’s ICT sector is catching up with Western Europe | EU-Startups
Summary
One of Central Europe’s leading coding bootcamps, Codecool recently published a new report that examines employment rates, salaries and other key aspects regarding the ICT sector in the EU-28 countries. Again, the number of respondents reporting difficulties when hiring digital workforce in the CEE region is growing, Hungary is surpassing the average (60%), while Romania (45%) and Poland (37%) are also catching up – this time, not in a good sense. This is the point where the private sector comes into the picture, which can help to fill in vacancies with freshly-trained candidates that can be shaped further with company-specific skills and knowledge.” Codecool is a coding school operating five campuses in three countries – Hungary, Poland and Romania. During the 12+6 month training period, their students learn mainstream programming languages such as Python, .NET, Java and Javascript, along with GIT, various databases and agile software development methods like SCRUM, becoming full-stack juniors by the end of the bootcamp. Partnership with the labour market is well-established, ensuring direct access to most of the important players of the ICT sector.” Europe has a fundamental interest in fostering digital transformation through the whole continent, which can only be effectively supported by establishing a strongly cooperating ecosystem between the key actors of this field, the report concludes.