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13/07/2016

IT Talents have not just affected my career - they have created it!

Read how Petya Kapchina a Bachelor of Economics of defense and security changed her career into ICT with help of eSkills for Jobs.

As of July 2015 all labour offices throughout Bulgaria have been involved and provided information about all current trainings and courses in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT), conducted by the leading companies in the sector based on a catalogue gathered for the eSkills campaignby BAIT (Bulgarian NCP).

Petya Kapchina was one of the first motivated people who examined information about trainings and applied for a training with IT Talents a stakeholder of the eSkills for Jobs in Bulgaria. Later on her application was approved and she started a training, finished in May 2016 successfully and is currently working as a junior developer. Within few months Petya has totally changed her career, read the inspiring interview.

How have you decided to learn programming?

In the time of graduation, I started looking for my first serious job - it was as a human resources assistant. It was interesting, but I did not feel satisfaction from what I did. The working time passed slowly, and I needed bigger challenges in terms of operational tasks. So I gave an overview of the things that excited me from school. I’ve always been good at mathematics in high school and university and mathematics was among my favorite subjects. And this directed me to programming. Then in August 2015 I talked with Mrs. Vessela Kalacheva in her capacity as CEO of BAIT and national coordinator of eSkills for Jobs in Bulgaria. In a conversation, she told me about the present opportunities for retraining the eSkills for Jobs campaign provided and IT Talents emerged as the best alternative in my case.

Did you have a basic knowledge of programming before the IT Talents training?

I graduated Mathematics High School and we have been taught some basic things about programming, but the next four years at university I was very far from this field, my knowledge was zero at the first lecture of the training camp.

Which profile in IT Talents have you completed?

Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE).

How has the course affected your career?

IT Talents have not just affected my career - they have created it! Without them I would not be able to acquire sufficient knowledge to start work within six months. Moreover, they were ensuring that their students getting to know ICT professionals working in companies from the sector, which is the key to pursue a career after successful completion of the course.

What’s the position you occupy at the moment? In what kind of company?

I am currently working as a junior software developer in a Bulgarian-Belgian company that develops business software solutions.

Where would you work if not in the IT field?

I am a Bachelor of "Economics of defense and security." Given that, if not dealt with programming I could see myself in any state structure associated with the defense sector or as a business analyst in the private sector.