As iOS and Mac become more friendly to amateur programmers, learning to code and build your own apps has never been more tempting. And you don’t need to set foot in an expensive school to do so.

One of the hardest lessons we had to learn in 2020 was that we need to take every opportunity available to secure our careers and be the most competitive worker around. One skill that is only going up ...

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...