IT Professionals in Azerbaijan (Week 8)
IT professionals are an essential part of the modern
world; they are the people who carry out several tasks which include testing,
creating, installing and maintaining software and hardware that are within the
companies
Soviet Times and
E-government
As
a former part of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan did not have many opportunities,
especially in the IT sector. The main reason behind this is that the ’90s was
the hardest year for our people to be interested in such jobs while there was
an ongoing war in the Karabakh region after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
These years led to hunger and hardship within the whole country, but after the
war was over, my country started to see some major improvements. Now when we
look at the current status of Azerbaijan, I can say that we have an e-government
that was mainly developed with the help of a project called “Azerbaijan and
Estonia – Two Eagles in e-Government”. This project led to the evolution of
good e-government and eventually resulted in a relative review of e-government
in Azerbaijan and Estonia
Lack of Education
On
the other hand, the quality and the education of our professionals are yet to
be developed. When we refer to the universities, there are few which can really
educate you well enough to be a good future IT professional. Eventually, most
people would be jobless after 4 years (Bachelor’s) plus 2 years (Master’s) of
education because the education coming from our universities would not be much
applicable for the companies. That is why most people who are studying
university also attend various courses like programming, networking so that
they do not end up jobless. Furthermore, information security inside the
companies is mostly handled by foreign companies. Generally speaking, this does
not mean that we do not have good IT professionals as the good ones leave the
country for abroad job opportunities. I believe that if the salary of such jobs
increases in a well amount, then our people would consider continuing their
journey in their own country instead of looking for jobs in other countries.
Conclusion
In summary, it can be said that even though Azerbaijan
had a good improvement in the IT sector over the last 20-30 years, the
education of such professionals is yet to be developed. For a better future for
my country, I would like to see our people getting a good enough education and
the rise in the salaries of most jobs as this is the primary cause of the
well-educated (especially local people educated in foreign countries)
professionals not considering jobs in our country.
References
[1] |
"What All Does
An IT Professional Do?," University of The People, [Online].
Available:
https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/what-does-an-it-professional-do/#:~:text=What%20is%20an%20IT%20Professional,IT%20professionals%20for%20specific%20tasks..
[Accessed 18 February 2022]. |
[2] |
"Introducing
Azerbaijani e-Government," Ega, [Online]. Available:
https://ega.ee/project/introducing-aserbaijani-e-government/. [Accessed 18
February 2022]. |
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