OutSystems today announced new partnerships and programs that accelerate its long-standing commitment to education and building a diverse generation of developers. With software needs multiplying for companies across all industries and an increasing shortage of developers, OutSystems is expanding its Developer Education Program to close the skills gap in development and technology.
“A core tenet of our mission to empower every organization to innovate through software is a dedicated focus on expanding the developer ecosystem and creating educational opportunities around the world,” said Paulo Rosado, CEO and Founder of OutSystems. “We’re accelerating our education-focused initiatives to support the industry-wide developer shortage, with a specific focus on traditionally underrepresented communities. The world will be a better and more equitable place when diversity and development combine. We all have work to do to create a more diverse, inclusive and vibrant developer community.”
A primary component of the OutSystems push to accelerate its education efforts is a significant focus on communities that have been overlooked and underrepresented in software development and technology. This includes women, Black people, and transgender and gender noncomfirming individuals, among others. To aid in creating opportunities for these groups, OutSystems is proud to announce partnerships with Women Who Code (WWCode), Blacks In Technology, and the Australian Computer Society (ACS) to launch programs and sponsorships.
Alongside these partnerships, OutSystems is unveiling new development programs:
● The OutSystems Faculty Development Program aims to enable teachers to help their students gain in-demand job skills and greater access to job opportunities. The pilot program kicked off in India and Brazil, where 100 professors went through a three-day online instructor-led program and learned the most relevant concepts of application development in OutSystems, to gain the basic knowledge to introduce a new technology to their students. Now, this new program is expanding into new countries to enable more professors with OutSystems.
● A partnership with Code for All creates an onboarding program and a curriculum for professors and schools in order to make it easier for Universities to get started teaching OutSystems.
● The 14 Days of OutSystems Challenge is a cohort-based learning program that follows the Reactive Web Guided Path bringing developers through 14 days of short daily sessions and weekly check-ins with incentives of certifications and job opportunities. Participants receive a day-to-day learning plan to keep track of their progress and learn together with others in a beginner-friendly environment.
● The Mentorship Pilot Initiative opens up access to one-on-one mentoring for 20 STEM students committed to following the Reactive Web Guided Path. In the future, this program will be open to all junior community members.
