Why you Should Consider IT as a Career Option

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The IT Industry is booming in India and hiring is increasing for a varied number of roles. With new trends like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and automation picking up, there has been an increase in demand for more Programming jobs in our country. But there hasn’t been enough supply of quality talent to satisfy the demand.

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All companies no matter which industry they are in, use technology to help their business grow. Technology and more importantly data has become a key driver for effective decision making in any company. Infact, more than 50% of the programming jobs that is required, are from outside the IT world.

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In Colleges, It is becoming a fact that placements for non IT/non CS branches have been low, with students struggling to find a decent paying job. But, companies are now ready to hire students from non-IT backgrounds for IT roles, provided they have the right skills and knowledge.

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Most product companies (non-IT companies as well) nowadays have programming as an assessment round in their placement process. This shows the importance and the requirement of programming skills in the world out there.

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With that said, one should strongly consider a career in the IT industry, because,

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• High Demand of IT Jobs
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• High Average Salary than other Industries
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• Global Opportunities
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• Strong Industry Growth and Job Security
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In the series of articles that follows, we explain to you what roles are in demand today and what skills you would need to learn to upskill yourself so you can land a high paying IT job. So, Stay tuned and see you on the next article!