Which IT profession to choose for a start

Опубликовано: 24 Март 2026
на канале: Александр Ильин про IT
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In the video, I analyze 11 of the most common IT professions. I talk about their features and pitfalls. I evaluate each profession according to the following criteria: money, ease of finding a first job, prospects. And I talk about the skills that are needed for each job.

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I took salary data for the video from here: https://habr.com/ru/article/649423/ (salary analytics for the 2nd half of 2021)
Lecture How To Start a Startup from Stanford:    • Lecture 1 - How to Start a Startup (Sam Al...  

Content for a deeper understanding of each profession:

1. Programmer,
How to choose a programming language -    • Какой язык программирования выбрать новичку?  
How to become a programmer from scratch —    • Как стать программистом с нуля  
Free course "Python Generation" https://stepik.org/course/58852/promo

2. Data Scientist,
Everyone should read this article — https://datastart.ru/blog/read/ni-za-...
What is Data Science? —    • Data Science что это? Стоит ли начинать уч...  

3. Product Manager,
3 paths to Product Management: tips on how to start a career as a product manager —    • Video  
Product Management simulator based on data (it’s paid, but it’s an outstanding product) — https://gopractice.ru/course/pm/

4. Project Manager,
What does a project do —    • IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT | Чем занимается Про...  

5. Product Analyst,
About the profession of “product analyst” —    • IT ПРОФЕССИИ: продуктовый аналитик. Скольк...  
Types of analysts —    • Разные ВИДЫ АНАЛИТИКОВ - чем они отличаютс...  

6. HR,
How HR works in IT —    • Как работает HR в IT? Что нужно знать? Тип...  
The most useful channel about HR —    / newhr  

7. Tester,
How to become a QA from scratch —    • Тестировщик с нуля / Урок 1. Как стать тес...  

8. UI/UX,
How to become a UI/UX designer from scratch    • КАК СТАТЬ UX/UI-ДИЗАЙНЕРОМ | С ЧЕГО НАЧАТЬ?  

9. Sale,
How to succeed in B2B sales and beat everyone else 100% easy guide —    • Как преуспеть в B2B продажах и всех уделат...  
Why a salesperson needs to work in IT —    • 7 причин ПОЧЕМУ продажнику НУЖНО идти рабо...  

10. Customer service employee,
How technical support works —    • работа в техподдержке (15 минут вне фокуса)  
Cool podcast about customer service — https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id...

11. Marketer,
I didn't find any content here, only some vodogons and info gypsies, sorry.

Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction
00:27 - Programmer
02:11 - Data Scientist
04:13 - Product Manager
05:52 - Project Manager
06:47 - Product Analyst
07:41 - HR
08:48 - Tester
10:02 - UI/UX Designer
10:33 - Sales
11:46 - Customer Service Representative
12:41 - Marketer