The First Step into IT: A Free Mini-Course to Start Your IT Career

Dreaming of a change of profession but not sure where to start? Get to grips with IT at the mini-course FIRST STEP INTO IT, running May 5–9. Work out which directions suit you and take your first steps towards a new career — without stress and without surplus theory.

• Five lessons from US IT experts with experience at Apple, eBay and other leading companies
• Suitable for any age and level, even if you have never written code
• Completely free

These lessons are for you if you:

• Work a job you dislike and want change
• Have thought about IT for a while but do not want to go in blind
• Want to know whether it is realistic for you — without experience, at any age

What to expect

Lesson 1 | IT in 2025: what is happening and where a beginner should head. Viktor Bogutskii, founder of the PASV IT school in the USA, previously at Apple and eBay
Learn which directions are most in demand, how the IT market has changed and where the best opportunities for beginners are now. We will talk about trends, salaries and career routes, so that you have a complete picture and a sense of where to go next.

Lesson 2 | QA testing: a proven route into IT. Tatiana, Senior Software Engineer
We get to know the tester’s profession, what they do and which skills you need to start. We will talk about how to get into QA from scratch.

Lesson 3 | Development: an immersion in code. Yuriy, Full Stack Developer
We look at what front-end and back-end developers do, which programming languages are in demand and how to start coding even if you never have.

Lesson 4 | Machine learning: the complex made simple. Denis, Machine Learning Engineer
We explain in plain language what machine learning is, what it is for and how people without a technical education come into the field.

Lesson 5 | An immersion in IT: myths, fears and reality. Khristina, career consultant at the PASV IT school
We dispel the common fears and misconceptions about a career in IT, and look at why IT is not only about programming but also about analysis, testing, management and creative work. You will see that entering the field is realistic, even without a technical education or a particular cast of mind.

Free to attend. Register now — we will be expecting you.