Nowadays, it’s really hard for beginners to find his/her own way. At the dawn of the career, this person faces many complicated questions, like “Where to look for a job?” “What company to choose?” “What salary to ask?”. Especially, it’s hard for the software beginners who look for a job in top testing companies. Of course, for each of the individual responses are different, but from the experience of seasoned colleagues, you can gather a lot of useful information and trace some main trends.
When Start Working for IT Testing Services?
The majority of future it-workers started their way when students. Those who studied IT and software, 83%, found their jobs at the third year of studying in the university. It’s curious that people are more interested in the software processes than in earning money.
Where Go Working?
Best of all, beginners choose outsourcing testing. Service companies were among first employers to 42% of the respondents.
How to Obtain the First Offer?
Most young professionals found their first job or by the recommendation of friends or on the Internet.
Most job seekers just passed the interview from scratch, but the bigger majority of beginners got their jobs due to various courses, trainings and other programs alike. Also, recommendations from friends or university teachers who work in the company are crucial in this business. However, initially not IT-beginner chooses the company, but the company chooses the IT-beginner.
To get the first job, being active and savvy sometimes is more important than a good knowledge of the specialty.
How to Pick Up the Programming Language?
Till 2005, IT-specialists preferred C++, then was PHP and after the year 2013 – Java. It is noteworthy that 60% of professionals changing the selected technology later.
Python, HTML/CSS, and C++ mostly chosen by heart; Java, C#/.Net, and PHP – because of money, Scala – by accident. Maximum true selected technologies remain Objective-C, Java, and C #/.Net specialists.
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