EPAM, which maintains the status of the largest IT company in Ukraine, analyzed in a new study how effectively Ukrainians learn IT, and what hinders them in this way – in the survey, which was conducted from November 29 to December 15, 2022, 1,927 people took part. And now the authors shared the results.
IT remains the only export industry of Ukraine that is fully operational in wartime and at the same time growing steadily — record salaries in dollars, as well as increased attention from the state and business with all initiatives to stimulate IT, including scholarships (1 and 2) . ), expectedly led to an increase in the number of people wishing to master the IT specialty. About 50,000 Ukrainians applied for the educational program from the Ministry of Digital IT Generation. At the same time, a 10-fold increase in the number of students was noted at EPAM University — more than 18,000 Ukrainians registered for the pilot program for IT Fundamentals sweaters there. However, not everyone who wanted to try their hand at a new specialty completed their studies – EPAM noted that one in six completed the basic IT Fundamentals course. According to Denys Hrynyov, head of educational programs of ERAM University, the vast majority of people who went to study do not fully understand what IT is. In other words, IT is hard.
“I have been working in education for many years and I see the influence of the Soviet school, when a significant number of students expect the teacher to push them to study. But in IT, everything is different, if a person is motivated, they will help him, give him materials, prompt him. If there is an expectation only to “get credit”, this is the wrong approach.”
Denis Hrynyov,
head of educational programs of ERAM University
Other interesting theses regarding the EPAM study dedicated to the training of Ukrainians in IT
- A quarter of those surveyed admitted that what attracts them most to IT is the salary. Another quarter reported that the popularity of the profession is also important to them.
- Most often, students choose the FrontEnd direction – the share of such students among the participants of the EPAM survey was 36%. This is followed by Test Automation (test automation to simplify the process itself) — 25%, Java (15%), DevOps (11%), Business Analysis (7%) and .Net (6%). By the way, Frontend specialists and testers are most often sought after in Ukraine, according to data from the IT job site No Fluff Jobs.
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- Among the most common reasons for early completion of studies are insufficient level of English proficiency (24% of respondents admitted that more attention had to be paid to the English language), an incorrect idea about the specialty (19%) and lack of time (29%).
“Research the market”, “communicate with a working person”, “study 4 hours a day” – the main advice that graduates give to beginners. For those who are thinking about choosing a profession in IT, EPAM offers a special test of its own development that will help decide on a specialization.
In 2022, EPAM drew a portrait of a potential Ukrainian IT-sweater based on its main other studies.
EPAM drew a portrait of a potential Ukrainian IT sweater [інфографіка]
