A Depiction of An IT Professional In Estonia

 So in this blog I am going to talk about how I would describe an IT professional in Estonia. The depiction may not portray real life to the best extent, because it is from my point of view, but I hope at least that I won't totally give IT professionals a false depiction. So without further ado I'll start with the qualities of an IT professional in Estonia.

Qualities

So the major qualities an IT professional in any country has to have are adaptability, the ability to work in a team, the ability to communicate very well and the desire to learn more about your field every day and be interested in IT in general. In Estonia all of these also apply in the depiction of an IT professional, except maybe the communication part for some personnel. This also makes working in a team harder and therefore decreases the overall productivity of the workplace. That is also why TalTech has communication courses for everyone, so that people who are not that good at communicating would develop that quality and those who already are could freshen up.

Skills

There are theoretical and practical skills that are necessary to have a job in IT. For the theoretical skills most IT professionals have some sort of education that taught them the terms and vocabulary needed to get a job in IT. With the terms and vocabulary also comes the meaning and how to put those terms into practical use. With practical skills you don't so much need to know exactly what you are doing in my opinion, but what you are doing it for and what would be the end result, especially in IT. Pretty much everything can be Googled nowadays, so being an IT professional in my opinion isn't so much about knowing how to do something anymore, but knowing what you want in the end and search for solutions on how to get there from the Internet.

Education

So education... what can I say about the education of IT professionals? Well, in the present if you want to get a good job it's mandatory to get a college or university degree. In my opinion the degree itself doesn't matter as much as putting the actual work in to get the degree. Of course if you want to become an IT professional as a let's say system administrator, it definitely comes in handy to study how to administer different systems in uni, but I believe just getting the degree in the first place, even if it's in let's say social studies gives you a edge over your competition who does not have a degree. 20 years ago this aspect of IT professionals was the most different compared to the others discussed in this post. In the past you could study IT on your own and become a very good IT professional and be very renowned for your work. Sure you can still accomplish that today, but it depends a lot on the person's attitude and how devoted the person is.

Attitude

So my final aspect, attitude. This has not changed pretty much at all in my opinion in the last 20 years. If you really want to learn something and devote yourself to studying, you will see results and eventually it will pay off. It obviously won't pay off the same way for everyone, but the effort that you put in will be returned somehow and putting in effort is the main aspect of every IT professional that they should follow. Every IT professional should devote their time and invest in learning their trade, whether it be system administration, software development, hardware development, system security analysis, etc. The more an IT professional learns, the more professional they are.

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