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Despite hiring freezes and layoffs, companies of all sizes need software professionals – and there simply aren't enough to go around.

Women still account for less than 20% of the tech workforce. Women remain underrepresented in a sector that is a trailblazer for innovation yet cannot work out how to diversify its workforce. Encouraging more women to study STEM subjects at university, and inspire them to consider a career in tech, would be a step in the right direction to address the gender imbalance. But the blame is not solely at the feet of education.

Britain’s red hot jobs market is showing signs of cooling with the number of vacancies falling for the first time in two years, latest official figures reveal today.

Tech job adverts in the UK are still on the rise, with recruiters saying finding the talent they need for roles could be the biggest challenge of 2022

Demand for emerging tech skills continues to grow as U.S. employers across industries realize the need for technical strategies and skills. Over the past five years, tech job posting volume surged 190% as employers sought skills and expanded job roles in emerging infrastructure, hardware, artificial intelligence, data, and cybersecurity.

In the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) in companies has moved from experimentation and proof of concept to being fully incorporated into the business.

Data science roles are still "sexy" but not immune to the job market turmoil.

Employers have been warned against reducing the number of developer positions they offer as remote jobs, as data suggests less than one in five developer jobs now offer remote work as an option.

Companies continue to search for the data-savvy talent they require, but evidence suggests some managers might be looking in the wrong places.

If not kept in check, gamification can be a runaway train that leads to burnout, exhaustion, and tarnished relations.

Recruiters are desperate to hire developers, but old-school interview techniques often fail to capture the best of candidates' abilities - and can put them off the role entirely.

The Great Resignation has left tech workers wanting more out of work than big pay cheques and ping pong tables.

Software developers are in high demand and can earn as much as $270,000, but deciding which developer path to pursue can be tricky. Here's what each type of developer does and the skills needed to land the job.

With #BreaktheBias the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, tech recruiters admit women are being overlooked for tech roles.

Aude Barral, co-founder and CCO of CodinGame, provides her predictions for the tech recruitment space in 2022

Resumes have long been part of the hiring process, but they're no longer a useful tool for assessing a candidate's skill.

Plagiarism isn’t limited to essays. Programming plagiarism — where a developer copies code deliberately without attribution — is an increasing trend.

The demand for data science is growing fast, yet recruiters are struggling to find data scientists that can help them move their digital ambitions forward.

The Great Resignation and a global skills shortage have hiring managers looking at new strategies. Staying on top of them is essential if you're looking to get hired in 2022.

A recent survey found that the ongoing talent shortage in tech could lead to recruiters changing the way they search for candidates.

Those responsible for recruiting developers worldwide have admitted that bias during the hiring process is an issue

Post-pandemic the demand for programming skills is higher than ever. The pandemic has also had a lasting impact on how and where developers are expected to work, which should please the majority of existing employees as well as new recruits.

Pressing demand for software developers is leading more companies to reconsider their approach to technology recruiting and hiring so they can fill critical roles.

Fifty-seven percent of tech recruiters said they definitely or maybe would be willing to remove CVs from their recruitment process for developers, according to a hiring survey conducted by CodinGame and CoderPad in late 2021.

A tough tech labor market is forcing long-overdue changes to hiring processes, as 57% of tech recruiters are open to removing the CV from the recruitment process, according to a new report by CoderPad and CodinGame.

The past year brought forth a wave of people finally working on their own terms. And while for some tech workers that meant taking a flashy, flexible job at another company, for others it meant cutting ties with full-time work and embracing freelance life.

Challenged by a lack of qualified candidates for developer jobs, recruiters are rethinking the usual hiring strategies, says CoderPad.

A survey by CodinGame and CoderPad found that companies hiring tech workers are getting more flexible in a lot of ways.

There’s no denying that developers have been in high demand over the past year. While coding and programming have been valuable skills for some time, the pandemic accelerated digitalization projects for businesses, making the need to recruit tech talent far more pressing.

There are many kinds of jobs and career in Information Technology, and it is an ever-growing career that requires us to learn everyday.

Demand for developers and other skilled tech workers is skyrocketing as businesses follow through with digital transformation plans spurred by the pandemic.

This comes after the tech giant told employees it wanted them to work from the office for three days a week starting September.

CodinGame’s Aude Barral spoke to Siliconrepublic.com about creating diverse tech teams and making the sector more inclusive as a whole.

In many organisations in many different locations women have not always been welcome. The catalyst for change was World War II, when women took work in factories to replace conscripted male workers. Since then, women have been fighting for true equality in the workplace. Today, more women than ever are turning to business and the global number of female entrepreneurs increasing by 10% each year.

The Covid-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented wave of tech adoption for businesses across all industries – as companies learned to work remotely and connect with customers virtually, they essentially crammed a decade’s worth of tech adoption and digital transformation into a single whirlwind year.

As businesses look to embrace permanent remote working and endpoint security moves to employees’ homes, what tech stack is needed to support these workers in secure digital environments ?

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill will support lifelong learning, offering people an opportunity to retrain.

Women are in incredibly short supply as founders of top tech firms. What’s going on, and can the situation change for the better?

Talented developers are in high demand, so software engineers who focus on learning the right programming languages and soft skill sets can take their career in a range of directions.

The majority of tech workers would prefer to split work between the office and home, according to a survey conducted by developer recruitment platform CodinGame.

A poll of more than 15,000 developers by developer recruitment platform CodinGame platform found 95% would embrace a 'hybrid' working model that allowed them to split their time between the office and their home.

Software engineers have long faced excruciating interview processes that seem rigged to catch them out. So why are they still putting up with them?

One major reason is that unless you don’t put effort into hiring the right talent, the operational functions suffer. Eventually, that impacts the organization’s performance. However, it is important to plan your hiring campaigns with a specific purpose when the economy is down amid the pandemic.

Research from CodinGame suggests 70% of developers want to work away from the office.

What is it currently like for young people trying to hit the ground running with digital careers? What do employers want from them, and how has the last year of lockdowns affected their chances at a digital career?

Talk to 10 test automation experts on how to get started (or get better at your job), and you're likely to get 12 different answers. We know, because we tried, asking not for general, vague advice such as "Learn to code," but for specific websites, books, videos, and other resources to study.

Coding is the fastest growing profession in the UK by numbers of employees, and there are now more than 600,000 developers working in the private sector, according to research by developer recruitment platform CodinGame.

Analysis of ONS data by CodinGame concludes that the number of developers in the UK private sector has risen by 74,000 in the past three years. Despite this, tech recruiters face a growing digital skills shortage.

Analysis of the most up-to-date ONS business population reveals that the number of computer programmers working for private companies has increased by 74,000 in the past three years, from 536,000 to 610,000.

In these last 12 months, CTOs and those working within IT departments have faced a year of trials, errors and rapid change. From providing every kind of mobile device for remote work to equipping machinery or operations to function via the cloud, it has been non-stop for many.

There’s good news for those interested in a career in DevOps or development — there are plenty of opportunities. And there’s even room for those with unconventional backgrounds, according to a newly released report from CodinGame.

CodinGame's latest report on the developer profession highlights the rise of telecommuting and virtual hiring in 2020 and the strong demand for DevOps experts as businesses adapted to working in the cloud.

Research from CodinGame has revealed that only 4% (11 out of 251) of founders of the fastest growing tech start-ups in the UK are women

On International Women’s Day, new research reveals that just 4% of the founders of the UK’s fastest-growing technology companies are women.

Spending hours crafting your CV to what you think is perfection could soon be a redundant exercise. That's because a growing number of companies are disregarding the curriculum vitae during the hiring process - either in part or entirely.

UK developers are the highest paid in Europe and the third-highest tech earners globally, according to research by developer recruitment platform CodinGame.

A report published by CodinGame has shown how demand for DevOps experts has skyrocketed in the past year as Covid has pushed employees to remote working. The developer recruitment platform interviewed more than 15,000 developers and HR professionals from around the world for its 4th annual developer report.

2021 is shaping up to be a great year for developers, but not so much for companies hiring them, with 61% of HR professionals believing this will be their biggest challenge in the year ahead.

According to the new developers survey by CodinGame, an online platform for developers, Node.js, React and .NET Core framework has been placed high among other web development frameworks.

The 4th annual Developer Report from CodinGame has revealed that DevOps positions could be the hardest to fill in 2021, after surveying HR professionals.

Survey of 15,000 developers and HR managers reveals JavaScript, Java and Python as the most sought-after languages, while knowledge of React, Node.js and .NET Core are also in high demand.

As Covid-19 sent countries around the world into lockdown, remote working became the norm. One of the side-effects was a “sudden rise in demand for DevOps experts”, according to a new report from CodinGame.

.NET Core placed high in a web-dominated ranking of development frameworks published by CodinGame, which provides a tech hiring platform.

Report by @CodinGame on the developer profession, reveals rise of tech telecommuting and high demand for DevOps experts as world switched to remote working.

Last year was tough, but 2021 promises new opportunities for developers in the rapidly-transforming business landscape. Here are the skills that will help you succeed.

The technology sector has a problem on its hands that it hasn’t been able to find the key to unlock. While the UK tech industry has gone from strength to strength over the past decade, few in-roads have been made into addressing the gender imbalance that persists across the sector.

CodinGame, a developer-recruitment platform, has named software development the most future-proof profession for people looking to retrain and find a new job amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Your most savvy job hunters may not include newly developed soft skills or evidence of “micro-learning” on the typical one-pager of work experience.

A fierce hiring landscape and rising demand for highly skilled labor are changing the very definition of talent acquisition. Talent acquisition specialists have a challenging task ahead – how do you ensure that talent acquisition is an ongoing, continuously monitored activity? Could the latest tools and technologies simplify talent acquisition processes? In this primer, find out what talent acquisition is and the best practices for talent acquisition at your enterprise.

For software engineers looking for a new job, winning an interview with a new company is just the first hurdle to cross. The next phase of the process is the technical interview: A test of your coding skills. The technical interview for a software developer position is designed to measure your ability to do the most important parts of the job: Writing clean, usable code, and fixing redundant, buggy code.

The cost of a mis-hire can be anywhere from 5 to 27 times an employee’s actual salary. This means that a mis-hire for a tech position that pays £45k per year could cost your company anywhere from £225k to £1.21m! That’s a lot of money – money that you could be investing elsewhere. While you may not be able to eradicate mis-hires from your recruiting vocabulary completely, you can limit how often you experience them. Here are my top tips – tried and tested by our vast community of HR professionals and tech hiring managers.

Although few developers will be able or willing to move location any time soon, and many will be stuck working from home due to the coronavirus outbreak for the foreseeable future, some new data shows how developer salaries vary across a number of countries.

In a recent issue of E&T magazine, we looked at the way in which gaming has affected the technology industry, as well as its link to bad actors in the same space. If there is one thing that has gone alongside gaming as it continues to extend its reach, it is its tendency to attract moral panics.

In this exclusive interview, TheGamingEconomy speaks with Aude Barral, co-founder and CMO, CodinGame, on the modern game developer, how roles and training are set to evolve as gaming platforms change, and how game design mechanics can be effectively employed outside of the sector.

Young people entering the job market for the first time are warned to fillet their social media history as best they can. It's not just a matter of covering up a one-off display of xenophobia or boorish masculine behaviour: even innocent expressions of desire or emotion can be taken out of context.

The main challenge met by recruiters when hiring developers is to find qualified candidates for the job vacancy. Because mis-hires are increasingly costly in the tech industry, it is imperative to assess a programmer’s technical skills during the recruiting process to validate whether or not they will be a good fit for the job.

Python remains a firm favourite programming language among developers, but when it comes to the popularity -- or otherwise -- of Java and JavaScript, the answer depends on which coders you ask.

Which programming languages do developers love most—and which do they dread? CodinGame has the answers, as the company surveyed more than 21,000 developers. They also took a look at where to find the happiest developers, depending on the countries they work in and the positions they hold.

One of the hardest coding problems available on the programming challenge platform CodinGame is backed by Nintendo, and that piqued game coder Mike Acton's interest.

If you want to learn how to code, taking your first steps into this huge universe might seem like a daunting, if not intimidating task. Here’s the big secret: There are plenty of free (and inexpensive) resources you can use to give yourself all the help you need, teach yourself new techniques, and make this learning process fun and exciting—as exciting as coding can get, at least.

Software developers use katas to learn new skills in software development. The way katas are used today is great for learning new skills or to improve existing ones but it doesn’t address the intensity we face at work when there is a raging fire such as a deadline, release date, fixing a bug in huge legacy code, etc. This article covers the skills of good developers and highlights the importance of changing your training approach to improve your skills for high-intensity and challenging environments.

CodinGame is an interactive website that lets you improve your coding skills by playing games. You need to enter correct commands to defeat the enemies and win the game. The website lets you choose your favorite programming language from lots of options and become better at coding.

When most people talk about gamification, they’re talking about extrinsic reward systems. Virtual numbers going up at a strategic rate to keep people as interested as possible. Levels, experience, badges, achievements, golden blooms, and high-pitched bleeps and bloops. This has certainly been applied to learning how to code in the past, but CodinGame actually turns the coding into a game.

French startup CodinGame just raised $1.6 million from Isai for its innovative code learning platform. As the name suggests, CodinGame is all about games — not game development, not gamification, just plain games. The logic behind each exercise is tied to an actual game so that you get visual feedback and an actual reward when you solve an exercise.