IT Traineeships
All about a career switch to IT
IT Traineeship in short
An IT traineeship is a work-learning program that prepares young professionals for a career as an IT professional. Often a traineeship is a one- to two-year process. The IT traineeship is often seen as a springboard for your IT career if you would like to enter IT without having followed an IT-related education. On this website you will find all kinds of information that will help you in your quest to kickstart your IT career. You will also find information about Young_Coders, the author of this website. Young_Coders is a provider of modern IT traineeships called Challengerships.
Types of IT traineeships
There are all kinds of IT traineeships. Just as there are countless IT job titles. You can follow a traineeship towards data science, but there are also pathways for developer roles such as full-stack, back-end or front-end development. Which role suits you depends entirely on your personal characteristics, talents and desires.
Are you curious about what IT role best suits you? There are fun tests for that, in a few minutes you can discover which IT role might suit you very well.
Different IT roles
Front-end developer
As a front-end developer, you are responsible for developing the face of a (web) application. You make functions and data visual and ensure that the data from your application is clearly displayed to the user.
Your tools: JavaScript, php, Python, Typescript, React, Angular, Redux, Vue.js, HTML, CSS
Full-stack developer
You find both the design and usability of software and the complex puzzle at the back end immensely interesting.
Your tools: JavaScript, Python, React, Angular, php, Java, C#
Process analyst
You are pragmatic and like to solve problems efficiently. The means are less relevant; the end is everything.
Your tools are often developed specifically for your team, or you work with low-code platforms.
Devops engineer
You ensure the continuity of the development team. You do this by implementing and maintaining a good development street.
Your approach: Unit testing, CI, CD
Back-end developer
As a back-end developer, you take care of the brains of the application! You love puzzling and come up with beautiful solutions to complex issues.
Your Tools: Java, C#, C++,Python
Data analyst
You enjoy figuring things out thoroughly and can’t get enough of big data. You use and develop tools for data analysis.
Your tools: Python, Numpy, pandas, Java
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IT traineeship without a degree
Many people wonder if it is possible to follow an IT traineeship without a college or university degree. That’s because traineeships often require a bachelors or masters level of thinking. However, a degree or prior education in IT is not the only indicator of whether you are smart enough for an IT traineeship. It is often not a good indicator at all. There could be countless reasons why you didn’t get a degree even though you have the talent to become an IT top performer. Whether you need a degree ultimately depends on a client’s requirements for a trainee.
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Classic vs modern IT traineeships
Traineeships date back to the 1990s. Graduate students were placed at major banks and insurance companies, where they then hopped from department to department to discover what best suited them, or where the organization needed them most.
Classic IT traineeships are still often approached the same way. Young professionals with a degree in their pocket are recruited, sniff out different organizations and IT positions for two years, before eventually being seconded to the place that suits them best.
However, there are also modern traineeships, which focus more on the individual learning curve and a long-term match with an employer. This method is based on a comprehensive matching process, seeking the best match between candidate and client. For example, by linking an organization’s work culture with the candidate’s character, you can already estimate on paper whether or not there is a good match. That’s working to build a lasting relationship between trainee and client, rather than hopping between organizations and departments for months at a time.
If there is a good match between candidate and client, you can also offer much more targeted training that matches the trainee’s tech ambitions with the client’s needs and practices.
You see, we are more fans of the modern way of working. We believe that a stable work environment at an organization that suits you is essential to your ultimate development in your dream position.
Go for your dream!
