shortages are becoming commonplace . This is where low-code platform , Mendix , hopes to offer a helping hand by allowing companies to build software at unprecedented speed and scale .
Chief Technology Officer , Johan den Haan , has worked at Mendix since almost its genesis , in fact he first cut his teeth in the company 13 years ’ ago . In the beginning , he said the firm ’ s biggest challenge was trying to convince the market of merits of a new approach to developing applications . " Mendix has always focused on improving how people build software : making sure that they could do it faster , collaboratively and with control . Yet , when we started , we really had to convince people that they should use cloud-based software and that they should use digital tools rather than coding . Then there came a market shift whereby market analysts realised that we could no longer deliver all the software that we need with the existing technology approach .” Like it or not , any company – whether it ’ s in financial services , telecommunications or transportation – is a software company , at least they should be to compete in today ’ s digital age . However , many don ’ t have the necessary capacity to do so due to a chronic shortage of coders in the market . In the UK , for instance , a report by Tech Nation highlights
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