HMRC takes 'grow your own' approach to overcome DevOps skills shortages

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HMRC Digital interim head Andrew Sheppard explains how the taxman shifted to DevOps - and takes on apprenticeships to fill the skills gap

HMRC has taken a ‘grow your own' approach to DevOps engineers with an apprenticeship scheme that takes students straight from school, as well as older career switchers. Andrew Sheppard, the inte...

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