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Is Critical Thinking the New Coding?
When Kant urged his readers to "dare to know" in 1784, he was challenging people to stop handing their thinking over to others. More than two centuries later, Helen Rantsevitch asks whether that challenge has ever mattered more. In this article, Helen tests a hypothesis: if coding defined the internet age, critical thinking will define the age of AI. To explore it, she brought together more than a dozen CTOs, educators, recruiters and talent leaders from organisations including Deliveroo, Hays, TCS and The Open University. They rarely agree. Some have all but stopped hiring junior developers. Others say nothing fundamental has changed, because they always hired for curiosity and communication rather than technical skill. Yet one theme keeps returning. As AI writes more of the code, human value lies in judgement: framing the right problem, questioning the output and spotting when the machine is confidently wrong. The piece blends philosophy, real hiring practice and a Socratic challenge for the modern CTO. It is a thoughtful read for anyone shaping the next generation of tech talent.
Helen RantsevitchPeople Are the Superpower. Not AI.
Brave & Heart's David Parkinson argues that as AI tools become commoditised and nearly identical across vendors, the real competitive advantage shifts to the people who know when to challenge, iterate on, or ignore what the AI produces.
techUKWhy the UK's Biggest Tech Firms Are Doing Work Experience Together
Cisco, Accenture, Adobe and IBM have pooled resources into a single two-day work experience programme for Year 12 students, on the basis that the UK tech sector's diversity problem is too big for any one company to fix alone.
techUKBreaking Barriers: A Mum, a Career Transitioner, and a Woman in Tech Leadership
Netcompany's Caroline Hildreth reflects on moving from a career in law into tech leadership, and argues that real progress for women in tech means concrete sponsorship, not performative gestures.
techUKClaire Agutter on Leadership, SIAM and Women in Tech
Claire Agutter on Leadership, SIAM and Women in Tech
Unlocking Potential: Creating New Pathways Into Tech Careers
North's Helen Sussex describes a pilot mentoring programme built specifically for career changers and ex-forces candidates, on the argument that on-the-job learning with real mentoring often builds stronger engineers than classroom training alone.
techUKRethinking Pathways Into Tech
UBDS Digital's Katja Fischer argues that the most common route into a tech career, a computer science degree, is no longer the only credible one, drawing on her own move from a Psychology and Business Management degree into a Business Analyst role.
techUKFrom Tech Industry Gold Graduate to AI Innovator: Angelo McCaw’s Journey to RevOps Rising Star
When Angelo McCaw reflects on his journey from Tech Industry Gold learner to CRM and Revenue Operations Manager at Flawless, he talks about one consistent driving force: the intersection of technology and business and always being willing to learn by doing.
Where Are They Now? Natasha Barker – From Student to Tech Leader
Meet Natasha Barker, a Tech Industry Gold alumni whose journey from university to becoming a recognised tech leader is nothing short of inspiring. Now a Senior Domain Architect and based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, Natasha reflects on her path from studying IT Management for Business at Keele Univ