Schoolchildren chose game development as the main IT specialty of the year

The survey involved schoolchildren aged 8 to 16 years, as well as their parents. Here's what we found out:

having analyzed their answers and preferences in terms of purchasing educational courses on the company’s platform over the past year. In total, more than 6 thousand cases were processed.

The top 5 specialties chosen by schoolchildren included:

Development of games, special effects and characters on the Roblox platform.

Creation of 3D models, characters, game graphics.

Programming in Python.

School of bloggers - creating, designing and maintaining a blog on YouTube.

Web design, graphic design, branding and website development.

At the same time, about 50% of respondents see their futurein IT, and parents of students believe that their children can significantly expand the scope of their professional interests in the future, which means they should acquire basic skills in a number of areas.

Students today are thinking more about howthey will earn in the future than 10-15 years ago. Now they see a clear connection between the knowledge they gain in IT and how they can apply this knowledge when they start working.

Boris Hovsepyan, Product Director, Rebotica

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