Python powered people: Teaching non-tech professionals to code
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An initiative called develop claims that over half the firm uses Python 18 months after launch, having taught almost 300 people in the first 18 months from compliance officers to lawyers and comms staff. The programme pairs bespoke modules with beginner tooling, teaches data science and generative AI and includes technical operational risk management, and delivers concrete outputs like a comms bot and self‑service scripts; early cohorts often gave up but enrollment now outpaces capacity and a waitlist grows.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Python for non-tech pros
- 2:34Barriers to learning Python
- 5:00Why Python excels
- 8:11Develop training program
- 10:36Python-powered success stories
- 11:40Digital diversity gap
- 12:42Future plans
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