TomTom: “Anyone with a bit of programming talent is welcome.”

“The government needs to make serious efforts to retrain, especially for people who are now losing their jobs and are not ready for work in a sector that is doing well. Is it possible to retrain a chef to become a software developer at TomTom? “Yes,” says Goddijn. “We do that too.” His wife Corinne Vigreux, one of the founders of TomTom, set up Codam, a programming course on the Marineterrein, which retrains many Amsterdammers. “Taxi drivers, anthropologists, anyone with a little programming talent is welcome.”

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TomTom and the Board

TomTom is a member of the Network Council of the Amsterdam Economic Board and partner of TechConnect. That is the action program that will allow 50,000 extra people from underrepresented target groups to storm the tech labor market.

Corinne Vigreux is co-founder of TomTom and founder of Codam.

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