The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment of software developers is projected to grow 24 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations, due to the need to respond to an increased demand for computer software.
NGA has worked to meet this growing demand by increasing computer literacy in the agency with courses on coding and incorporating the use of data science in our analysis. In our latest ‘NGA Explains’ one of our expert software developers explain what it is, what it is used for, and how NGA employs it.
