I Want to Work in IT: A Beginner's Guide. Free Lessons, April 22–24

Register for the free open lessons on testing and programming, running on April 22–24. Together we will work out which of the most popular entry professions in IT to choose: becoming a tester or going into web development. The lessons are taught by IT experts and developers from Silicon Valley, California.

This is for you if:

• You have no IT experience at all but dream of a career in the field
• You are an immigrant in the USA and do not know what to do or where to work
• You are a student or a recent graduate and need a fast start in a promising direction
• You already have a job you dislike and want to change your life and earn well

What the lessons cover:

• A detailed look at what testers and developers actually do
• Get to grips with programming languages and try writing code
• Work out which direction to choose for the start of an IT career
• How long it takes to train for each profession and which skills you will need
• Salaries, the state of the market and the prospects of being hired straight after the course

Schedule

• April 22 (Monday), 6 pm PDT / 9 pm EDT — I want to be a tester. What kind of profession is it?
• April 22 (Monday), 7 pm PDT / 10 pm EDT — How I decided to move into IT: a graduate’s story, from zero to hero
• April 23 (Tuesday), 6 pm PDT / 9 pm EDT — I want to be a developer. Can I manage it?
• April 24 (Wednesday), 9 am PDT / 12 pm EDT — I want to work in IT but I am afraid: the five main fears that stop people starting a new life

Try programming and testing in practice.