The information technology industry is the fastest growing industry in the world. Nowadays, new technologies are being discovered all the time, and IT experts need to keep up. This development is the number one reason why more and more IT companies and individuals invest in IT courses.
Middlesex University for Work-Based Learning conducted long term research on a 4300 workers sample. 74% of them felt that they weren’t achieving their full potential due to a lack of educational opportunities at work. According to 2021 statistics, an astounding 60% of employees enrolled in training courses last year, showing the appetite for more excellent knowledge amongst the workforce. The Association of Talent Development (ATD) also says that companies have 218% higher income per employee if they offer training programs.
These statistics show that education in the IT industry is becoming crucial for any successful IT company and IT professional alike. Although many platforms claim that they will make your career successful, they fail at delivering valid results. Let’s see what you should consider when choosing the right information technology course.
Why should you do some research before enrolling in a course?
Although there are some free online computer science courses, they will never provide you with enough knowledge. Some good things in life do come for free, but that’s not the case with IT courses and certificate programs. Keep in mind that true professionals value their time and expertise, so you can’t expect to boost your career significantly by taking a free online course.
Nowadays, there are a lot of free courses on the market, but also paid courses that aren’t up to the standards. A common thing that happens with these courses is that you don’t get a valid certificate or gain enough knowledge to make any difference in your career. In the end, you realise that you wasted time on something that wasn’t as useful as you wanted it to be.
The sad truth is that if you want to learn something new and become an expert in the industry, you need to invest in high-quality advanced IT courses that will enable that. We don’t want to brag too much, but NIT Academy has a long list of professors with experience in IT and academia.
How to choose the right course for your employees?
If you are an IT company that wants to invest in its employees, you’re on the right track. The only thing left to do is figure out what courses are suitable for them. So what are the criteria for choosing the right course for your employees?
Importance of social proof
As a company, you have to choose credible institutions and courses that guarantee excellent results. You can always look for social proof as well. What do people who finished these courses say? Are they satisfied with the program? Did they manage to boost their careers?
Social proof is usually easy to find on the “about us” pages of the website. You can ask people who have already gone through this kind of education. It is essential to check the professional backgrounds of the educators. For example, we decided to do a series of interviews with our professors so that you can know more about their experiences.
Don’t forget about work-life balance
First of all, you need to check if these courses will fit in nicely with the schedule of your workers. Your employees need hands-on work above all since that’s the only way they can get practical experience from courses. Therefore, all NIT Academy courses are based primarily on hands-on work.
What is the ultimate goal of educational courses?
There are many types of information technology courses, so you need to consider your ultimate goal. For example, if you want your employees to start working on more serious projects, you need to look for advanced IT courses. On the other hand, if you want to deal with new technologies or let some of your employees diversify their knowledge, you should look for specialised courses. NIT Academy offers both, executed according to the highest standards.
How to choose the right course for yourself?
It’s essential to invest in yourself, even if it has nothing to do with your company. The information technology industry is constantly changing, and we all need to think ahead and work for the future.
The courses at NIT Academy are carefully designed not to take too much of your free time and prepare you for any future projects you want to undertake. Therefore, when choosing a course, the first thing to consider is your end goal – if you wish to perfect your existing knowledge or gain completely new skills.
The second thing to consider is IT courses requirements. Again, you can find the criteria ( the prior knowledge we expect you to have) on our website. However, if someone doesn’t have formal education but still wants to get into one of our courses, we will be there along the way for help and guidance.
Next, you need to ensure that the course you chose includes much hands-on work. Simply because that’s one of the best ways to learn. NIT Academy takes enormous pride in the way our lessons are structured. We have a perfect combination of working with an instructor and asynchronous hands-on work that will enable you to work on projects as soon as you finish our course. NIT Academy’s courses aren’t the easiest out there, but our success rate is around 70% which is relatively high. Most importantly, if you work on your tasks, you probably won’t fail.
How to choose the right instructors and check their competence and expertise?
One of the most important things when choosing a course is knowing who will be teaching you. You expect to get nothing but the best when you pay a certain amount of money for an advanced IT course. That’s why you need to check if the teachers are people with experience in both industry and academia and whether they can be considered experts in their fields.
Unfortunately, one could easily create a course with no credibility or significant benefits that an approved educational institution offers. NIT Academy is recognised by the University of California San Diego (UCSD) as an educational institution with expertise in academia and industry alike.
This helped us start cooperation with UCSD on some of our courses. Thanks to this cooperation, we can offer certified UCSD courses at NIT Academy, taught by UCSD approved instructors. We are the only institution in Serbia dedicated to advanced IT courses with cooperation with an American university. We believe that says enough about our competence and expertise.
Since people who choose NIT Academy’s courses have some already existing knowledge, it takes a true expert in the industry to educate professionals. However, our teachers and instructors have one goal: to teach you new things and enable you to work on your own in the future.
Courses currently trending in the IT world
Advanced IT courses and certified programs have been rising for quite some time, and it’s essential to keep up with the latest trends. For this reason, NIT Academy offers a wide range of courses, including advanced IT courses for those who want to expand their knowledge and some unique and specialised courses for those who want a career shift.
NIT Academy offers courses that can be classified into several large groups.
Those are:
- Advanced programming and Embedded software engineering courses are best suitable for those who want to learn the core of systems and perfect their already existing knowledge.
- Automotive engineering courses are ideal for software engineers who want to get better-paying jobs or transition into a new discipline.
- Consumer electronics courses are great for those who want to learn how to construct and program media devices.
- System safety and Functional safety courses are for motivated engineers who want to be pioneers of the industry’s newest and fastest-growing discipline.
We are proud that all of our courses are beneficial and popular among companies and individuals. However, functional safety courses are the most innovative and interesting on the market. Unfortunately, this field is just starting to gain interest, and very few people can call themselves experts in functional safety. However, safety is becoming a part of our everyday lives. Soon, every engineer will have to be educated on functional safety or safety in general.
Let’s wrap it up
For all of the reasons mentioned above, you should take a serious approach to choosing the right information technology course. It's normal to want the best service for your money. So, be sure to put your trust in the right hands.
Remember to search for online reviews, ask for other people’s opinions and experience, and do your research. Then, invest in courses that will make sure you spend your time wisely and effectively while providing you with an extensive knowledge and skill set.
