IT Academy students presented their projects to IT companies

On December 21, 2021, the graduation ceremony for students of programming courses was held at the IT Academy, within which graduates had the opportunity to present their projects to the representatives of large IT companies.  These include: “EPAM”, “iTechArt”, “Exadel”, “Cashapp” and “Digital Solution”.

Students of different directions (Frontend, Backend) formed teams in which they worked on the development of innovative projects.

Note that more than 30% of graduates have already received offers from employers for internships and employment in companies.  Moreover, students receive commercial projects or internships in companies even before graduation.

A striking example is Malikov Diyorbek, who, at the age of 15, completed a large social project ePark, which aims to make it easier for people with disabilities to work with sites.

The graduation ceremony was also attended by the director of the IT Park branch in Tashkent, Sherzod Abdurakhmonov, who told the young guys about the opportunities available in IT Park.

The idea of ​​presenting graduates' projects to employers is an excellent motivation for young people, because they can already get a job or internship in a large IT company within the walls of the IT Academy and develop their own startups.

In addition, the head of the IT Academy, Konstantin Kim, spoke about how the following result was achieved:

“In fact, we have been working for a year not only to improve the educational system, but also to develop skills that will be useful to our students in real life.  Our goal was to build not only good programmers out of the guys, but also to develop in them the skills of teamwork, self-development, patience, and discipline.  We tried not only to educate them, but also to prepare them for the real life of a programmer, to help them take the first step into the professional sphere.  If we briefly go through the work that we have done this year, then in October 2020 we turned a month old and we introduced a new teaching methodology - the block education system.  Thanks to her, the progress of students is constantly monitored, and learning is easier.

In March 2021, we began to establish contacts with foreign companies in the field of IT and IT education.  For the first time, an Agile meeting was held at the Academy, where Renat Akhtyamov, the head of “EPAM Uzbekistan”, spoke.

In July 2021, we introduced a system for assessing the level of education of students according to 30 metrics, and also introduced in our niche the first graded student assessment system in Uzbekistan and the final project.

In October 2021, we spoke at “Agile Talks” on educational metrics and felt a huge exchange of experience with representatives of large IT companies to improve the educational system in our Academy.  In addition, in October we also held the first joint event with a large foreign company - Skillbox.

Well, in December we made such a big prom by inviting representatives of IT companies.  This is a very short chronology, because in addition to all this, we worked closely to create a strong IT community, and also created a channel with orders for students so that the best of them could apply their knowledge in practice and receive the first money.

This prom was not a success.  Graduation is the result of long and painstaking work of our entire team.  We have room to grow, we see our vector, and in the new year we want to help even more people change their lives through IT ”.

As you already understood, even beginners in the field of IT, if they wish and perseverance, can improve their skills and realize their potential, interning or already working in various large IT companies.  The proof of this is the IT Academy and the students of this training center.