Russia lacks million IT specialists, Gref says
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In Russia, the shortage of IT-specialists exceeds 1 million people. In the coming years, the personnel shortage in the IT sector will only increase, Gref predicts.
Russia is already faced with a significant shortage of IT specialists; in the coming years, the shortage of programmers will become even more evident, Head of Spebrbank German Gref said.
“Today, the shortage of IT-specialists is over 1 million people. And in the coming years, we will not overcome this deficit. <...> According to all our estimates that can probably be limited to 5-6 years, the shortage of the digital specialists will only increase,”
– Gref said.