By William Horobin April 25, 2019, 3:45 PM GMT+8 Automation, robots and globalization are rapidly changing the workplace and governments must act fast and decisively to counter the effects or face a worsening of social and economic tensions, the OECD warned. Almost … Continued
Tokyo aims to plug IT worker shortage and catch up to other countries TOKYO — Computer programming will become a mandatory subject in Japan’s elementary schools from April 2020, as the country seeks to train a new generation in highly … Continued
Today`s employers are not considering college degrees, but job skills. Twenty million students started college this year are less certain whether their degrees will pay off. According to a survey by Freelancing in America 2018, released Wednesday, freelancers put more value on skills training: 93 … Continued
ACCENTURE recently hosted over 50 underprivileged children from around the Klang Valley for an Hour of Code. This initiative is part of Accenture’s team up with Code.org to support Hour of Code, a global educational movement that reaches over 100 … Continued
Something to think about: Which of the jobs mentioned in the video requires programming?
Bill Gates has been fixated on programming since age 13, when his school got its first computer terminal. “The machine was huge and slow, and it didn’t even have a screen,” he writes on his blog, Gates Notes. “But I was hooked.” He … Continued
That could free people to pursue more interesting careers A WAVE of automation anxiety has hit the West. Just try typing “Will machines…” into Google. An algorithm offers to complete the sentence with differing degrees of disquiet: “…take my job?”; … Continued