What if 30% of a country's population knew how to code? it would certainly be on its way to becoming a super power in every way - Defence, transport, healthcare, Education - you name it.
Putin once said “the nation that leads in AI will be the ruler of the world”
But every great achievement comes at a cost, and the cost for innovation is providing the right tools and motivation for the younger generation to indulge, more so at the lowest possible price, so that the 70% can pay a not very dear price since technology will be in abundance, but just enough to bring economic balance.
This is where Thebhub (web link: https://thebhub.blockchaincybertech.com) takes a different approach. It has deployed great learning, software project management and collaboration tools for developers- free for every developer under their Developer Circles Program (https://thebhub.blockchaincybertech.com/developer-circles/). They have quickly grown to become a developer's favorite innovation hub, enrolling over 100 developers in their first week of launching - all working to solve specific problems from healthcare to affordable housing and many others.
Their program provides for guided freedom for developers- what this means is developers have goals to meet at their own pace and place, with a community to challenge them if they happen to lag.
Most importantly, they are a virtual hub as opposed to a physical location, this means there is no limit to the number developers that sign up. This opens up to skill beyond a country's boarders. Skilled developers from anywhere in the world can contribute to developing a software that has been proposed to solve a problem in a “shitty” third world county that is still trying to figure out their footing in technology.
But more interestingly, Anyone, and i mean anyone (Individuals, Governments and Private companies) can initiate their project at Thebhub and their developers will deliver fast and affordably.
That is how nations will start winning with technology.
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