CodeBase - You're Hired
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Codebase Edinburgh highlights significant growth in the tech sector, showcasing a 6x increase and the creation of 660 jobs since its founding in 2014. The document discusses the concepts of startups and scaleups, emphasizing the importance of adaptability and continuous learning in an ever-changing economy. It also stresses the role of industry-led education while recognizing the necessity for awareness of potential mistakes and rapid changes within the industry.
CodeBase - You're Hired
- 2. 1 CodeBase Edinburgh by Numbers 2 Our Thesis About What Is Happening Now 3 Startups and Scaleups and Why 4 What Do You Teach When Everything Changes All The Time? 5 Twas Ever Thus 6 How Does This Map To Corporate Employers 7 Industry Led Teaching 8 Life Long Learning, Peer Learning & Virtues Contents
- 3. Key Numbers Founded in 2014 Largest tech incubator in the UK 6 x Growth in 3 years 91 tenant companies 660 net new jobs created More than $500m invested into tenant companies 1 Unicorn CodeBase Edinburgh In Numbers
- 4. The world is changing dramatically Thesis - Big Picture
- 5. Software is essential to every aspect of modern life Thesis - Big Picture
- 6. Big Picture
- 7. •AirBnB is a hotel company that owns no hotels •Uber is a taxi company that owns no taxis •Skype has killed long distance calls •Phones, Flickr, Aperture, Snap killed Kodak •WhatsApp sends more messages than global SMS Big Picture
- 9. Even better, another word everyone is talking about is “scaleup”. Current Picture
- 10. Startup vs Scale(-)up - How Much We Know “Scaleups” are an emerging phenomenon, very few people actually know what a good one looks like.
- 12. Why? Share of enterprises, employment and turnover by size of enterprise, 2015 - Gov.Scot 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Small (0-49 employees) Medium (50-249 employees) (250+ employees)
- 13. Why? 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Small (0-49 employees) Medium (50-249 employees) (250+ employees) Entrerprises Employment Turnover Share of enterprises, employment and turnover by size of enterprise, 2015 - Gov.Scot
- 14. Technology Adoption Rates Horace Dediu, 2014
- 15. Cities Create New Jobs 1750 1900 2017 Population 11 mil 40 mil 66 mil Cities 20% 80% 82% Countryside 80% 20% 18% London 10,000 4,5 mil 8,6 mil Life Expectancy 35 years 50 years 82 years
- 16. Old Job Titles Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
- 19. • We know disruption is real • We are going to take action • Equity investments • M&A • Intrapreneurship • Skunkworks • Accelerators What Employers Say Don’t be too late Avoid the zombie apocalypse Don’t be too early • Our core business is still profitable • We can find new customers • We can find new markets • Partnerships & cross marketing • Corporate social investment (CSI) • Social good investments • Stewardship • Community outreach • Charity partnerships • Scholarships
- 20. 'More than half of human jobs will be taken by robots', expert says.
- 23. “Machines should only do what humans cannot. Only in this way can we have the opportunities to keep machines as working partners with humans, rather than as replacements.” Jack Ma, Chairman and Founder of Ali Baba View From China
- 24. Industry led teaching is good, but institutions need to be aware that: 1. Industry can make mistakes 2. Industry is exposed to fast change Industry Led Teaching
- 25. Peer Learning
- 26. Peer Learning
- 27. Teach virtues Teach agility Facilitate Peer Learning Open Minds Reset Expectations Teach that you will always have to learn Rarest Skills