52% of specialists came to IT from other areas

GeekBrains and ResearchMe investigated how people come to the digital and informational sphere, why they decide to change their profession, as well as their main fears and incentives.

According to the survey, every seconda specialist working in IT or digital (52%) had to change their profession. At the same time, almost 64% of respondents work in the specialty they received at the university, taking into account the fact that education allows them to find employment in various fields. The largest share of such people is among specialists under 34 years of age and audiences over 55 years of age. More than half of respondentsolder than 35 do not work in their specialty.

49% of those who changed their profession did notfirst. The main reasons for this are: the desire to try yourself in a new field (36%), the lack of prospects for wage growth (31%), the inability to find work in the current specialty (24%).

The researchers also noted that more than halfspecialists who changed jobs were engaged in additional education. Moreover, 49% of them learned from colleagues while working, and 43% used free resources – read articles, watched videos and lectures online. More than a third of respondents (38%) chose paid offline training, and every fourth (23%) studied paid online.

 The majority (62%) of respondents like working in IT or digital more than their previous one.

Main feelings when changing profession in 64%cases is interest and in 49% a desire to learn new things. Every fifth (22%) noted a feeling of freedom, 19% experienced joy, and 17% – fear. The main fear when changing jobs – lack of proper experience and knowledge

For 86% of respondents, the change of profession fully paid off, although more than a third of those who changed their profession (36%) are ready to do it again in the future.

The survey involved 500 IT and digital specialists: system administrators, testers, information security specialists, software developers, analysts, web developers and others.

k