A shortage of developers? Fortunately, the Makers are there

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Hire a developer. These three words may seem obvious and simple to put into action for any company that wants to have a digital footprint on the internet. Yet the reality is quite different. Faced with this shortage of traditional developers, Nocode could be the solution.

Searching on jobseeker platforms reveals that job offers for IT engineers are abnormally numerous compared to other roles. If you look at the history of these sites, you will also notice thatcompensation levels increased over time. And yet, some of the offers are very old andpositions are still open. 🏝

It is obvious: there are simplynot enough developers looking for work. And yet...

According toU.S. Labor statistics, as of December 2020, the world was missing 40 millions  IT developers. By 2030, this global talents shortage is expected to reach 85.2 millions profiles. An estimated global shortfall of $8.4 trillions. 💸

But where have the developers gone? 🧐

The difficulty of hiring developers

The big groups and trend start-ups have monopolised the majority of available developers. Leaving small and medium-sized businesses behind, which also need to digitalize their business.👩💻

It is a vicious circle that all SMEs and VSEs face. Big companies and hot startups have a stranglehold on the available pool of traditional developers. This causes a continuous explosion of devs' salaries and reduces the share of available software engineers and so on. In short, it's the snake biting its own tail. 🐍

Nocode is the way to make up for the lack of devs

Thank God, smaller organizations can count on the growth of a new community of Makers (Nocode developers). 💡

With accelerated training and a lower budget, Makers build digital solutions like automation, e-commerce pages, internal CRMs, marketplaces, etc. without knowing how to code, via connected and agile SaaS tools. 👍

Once these solutions are in place, the business teams only need to be trained in Nocode in order to use them and without the help of traditional developers to keep them running and improve them. 

Unlike code, it takes much less time to master the tools needed to create digital products. After a few days, a few weeks, it is possible to create automations with Zapier and Make, internal CRMs, and even functional Webapps, apps and marketplaces. In addition to costing less, Nocode creation is much faster and allows the final owner to take control (with a training time). So you can become autonomous and no longer need to hire a developer for each update or minor change on your site. 🖥