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We continue our topic about the experience of switching among our employees. And today, Alex Bandurko, our developer, will share his own switching experience.

“Note: before I switched to IT, I had worked as a cook, so everything I describe below relates to this profession.”

The main reason for changing the field of activity was the lack of money or better to say too low salaries. I didn’t see my future with such a low income, I couldn’t feed my family.

I didn’t like people I worked with (their attitude to life, beliefs, manners). The work was exhausting, unstable work schedule, work on weekends, sometimes I had to work 20 hours, and 4 hours shift. Often, we had a lack of staff, which almost always lead to the fact that an employee had 1-2 days off per month. Some people liked it, I didn’t.

Frequently the staff was treated like animals, I also repeatedly heard and experienced myself when salaries were not paid (because of dishonest employers).

Health problems: I have certain complaints about my knees, so I didn’t see the point in further damaging my health at a job I didn’t like.

My motivation was: a better life for me and my family.

Mastering a new field was accompanied by fear: it was frightening to search for a job or even an internship without any experience at all, and also questionable contracts with the so-called “galleys”, you were offered a contract for two years on the most unfavorable conditions for you, I would call those really slavish. My motivation was: a better life for me and my family. I was also supported by my wife and some relatives.

My studies began with courses called “Kyiv prog.ua” or something like that. In my opinion, that was a total scam. I learned the basics studying for 6-8 hours a day for 4 months and practiced on my own. I learned Front-end, so when I got an internship at our company, I had to relearn a little. I was surprised with colleagues, most of them are people who know their worth, what they want and how to achieve it.

I had some difficulties at the beginning: it was very difficult to enter the IT field without having at least some related knowledge. The first year at the company was full of stress, especially work stress: new projects, tasks, estimates, scrums, in short, a new world that had to be understood.

Tips for those starting to develop in IT:

1. Improve your English: before I started the internship, I had completed upper intermediate courses, but the very first scrum with native speakers showed that I did not understand anything. It took time to begin to understand native speakers. Moreover, all the documentation is in English.
2. You have to be patient, because if you don’t have any experience even minimal, it is very difficult to get motivated.
3. Do not hesitate to ask questions and ask for help. There are many people in the company who will gladly help you.
4. If you’re making a major career change, save money because you’ll need to eat and pay bills the entire time you’re studying.

One of the reasons why I changed my profession, I didn’t like the people I work with, I managed to work in about 8 food establishments, maybe more, and everywhere was the same thing.

Now I have exactly the kind of team I wanted to work in!

I never found idols for myself, I don’t have that kind of character, but I can say that I really wish to reach the same level of wealth that my other colleagues have, it really was and is an incentive for learning and growth.

I can say that I am happy with what I have at the moment, so it was not definitely in a vain!

#Speroteck Dream Team