If you have a career that involves coding, data analytics, business intelligence, data warehousing, or even mobile software development, it is mind-boggling to keep pace with changing technologies, frameworks and solutions.
By the time you finish one project in say, Android Marshmallow, you have to master Android N before you can begin your new project. And then you have the annual appraisals looming over you. Definitely not a pretty place to be in.
The April-June quarter is the most important one for any technology professional. To get ahead in the rat race for better ratings, professionals are finding a new way to up-skill themselves -- taking online courses before or after working hours, and on weekends.
Many of them are turning to Edureka, a bootstrapped Indian startup that provides live, online courses specially curated by industry experts.
Edureka
According to Lovleen Bhatia, Co-founder and CEO, Edureka, “Edureka has experienced a robust quarter-over-quarter growth of 60% between January and March this year – a clear indication that more and more professionals are coming to us to become industry-ready, future-proof and armed with knowledge and skills to crack the impending appraisal meetings.”
Edureka Co-founder Lo'vleen Bhatia
The 60 per cent growth in customers mainly hinges around Big Data, Cloud and Mobile technologies.
Edureka has carefully designed its classes in such a way that learners can attend them on weekends, in the mornings before work, or late evenings after work. Edureka instructors are real-life practitioners who bring to the table, massive experience from ground zero.
Learners leverage the fact that they can get practical, tactical queries answered, and even engage in live project work. Edureka has also created a Learning Management System (LMS) that is available to all learners throughout their life. Besides arming them against future technology changes, learners also get unlimited access to live communities and forums.
From an appraisal standpoint, having that extra certification or skills means guaranteed brownie points.
Pradeep PG, an experienced HR professional specializing in startups said, "Any employee who exhibits willingness to learn and goes beyond his/her job role to skill-up or get certified stands a better chance at moving up faster in the career path. There is also an increasing demand for professionals who are future-ready. It saves organizations, especially startups, the effort and time involved in keeping their workforce up-to-date with technology."
Well, looks like a few weekends of all study and no play will pay off, after all!
(Via India Tech Online)
