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Don Tapscott on education in Brazil

Canadian author, speaker and all-round expert on innovation, Don Tapscott, was in Brazil at the weekend to speak at the TEDx USP Leste event at the University of São Paulo. He was delivering a keynote speech on how education in … Continue reading

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Should Brazilian IT professionals be chartered?

Many IT professionals in Brazil argue that the profession needs greater recognition, some kind of benchmark to demonstrate professionalism. The argument goes that professions such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, and surveyors all have their professional bodies and practitioners need to be registered … Continue reading

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Tax doesn’t have to be taxing

Being British myself and involved with the IT industry since the 1980s I have always stayed close to the British Computer Society (BCS), often getting involved in their research, which tends to focus these days on developing a career in … Continue reading

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At the coalface: do companies want techies?

This is the second instalment of our At the Coalface series, where Brazilian IT professionals give their take on issues related to career development. As president Dilma Rousseff presses ahead with plans to focus on technical education, information systems student at … Continue reading

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BCS: Brazil IT should focus on skills, not pay

Following our recent report on the potential for strikes in the Brazilian IT industry, we asked the British Computer Society (BCS) to give its take on the situation – based on it being an organization that focuses on developing IT as a … Continue reading

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