Alura, in collaboration with the VOX research institute We Study People, conducted a survey to map the behavior of approximately 700 IT students.
Alura, in collaboration with the VOX research institute We Study People, conducted a survey to map the behavior of approximately 700 technology students. Studies have highlighted the Youtube as the main platform used to search for computer content.
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According to the survey, 70% of respondents use YouTube to study information technology topics, followed by LinkedIn (44%) and Instagram (24%). The video platform also stands out in terms of advanced IT content (30%), even surpassing the Google (27%).
For Paulo Silveira, CEO of Alura, with the amount of material available for free on the Internet, it is essential to use a guide to orient your route, even if you want to change routes along the way. He highlights tools like Roadmap.sh and TechGuide.sh, which help users identify what they already know and plan for next steps, rather than starting with multiple technologies at once without delving into any of them.
As for Dora Faggin, director of research at VOX, using YouTube for studies is nothing new, but for computer science students it has the challenge of keeping up to date. This way innovations need to be tracked and the platform ends up being the easiest way to verify this information.
60% of students are already in the IT market
This need for updating is confirmed by the survey data, since 6 out of 10 respondents already work in the IT area. Of the 4 who are not, 2 are in career transitions, while the others are not yet working professionally. Among the students who are migrating from another area, 44% work in administrative functions, 20% in engineering and 11% in communication and information.
The study also reveals that over 80% of those working in IT are in specialist positions, while 17% are in management or leadership roles. In this crop, the majority are classified as juniors (29%), followed by full houses (25%) and seniors (22%). For Faggin, considering that most of the professionals interviewed are changing areas, it is a mistake to consider them only “juniors”, given that they already have a professional repertoire.
“Some companies are persistently looking for people with a broad professional background and forget that today’s juniors are tomorrow’s seniors. It is up to companies to decide whether they want to compete only for highly sought-after senior talent in the market or if they are willing to develop new professionals in the market “, reflects Silveira, CEO of Alura.
Finally, despite trying to catch up and study on YouTube, the majority (46%) of respondents intend to study higher education in the field of technology remotely, in the short to medium term. According to Paulo Silveira, college is still relevant to prevent professionals from becoming hostages of their tools, starting to understand how processes work. “This understanding is a critical step towards old age,” he assesses.
Lack of free time is the biggest difficulty for computer science students
Considering the profile of computer science students, the main challenges for maintaining a study routine are: having free time (57%), maintaining attention and concentration (48%), tiredness (37%) and motivation (28%). Always routine, the majority (30%) study remotely 3 or 4 times a week, mainly at night (66%). To handle requests, studies are distributed at home (96%) and at the office (16%).
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