​​🚀 EPAM Training Center set up a series of career guidance workshops for beginners

How to break into the thriving tech world and which profession to choose? These questions are the most common when entering the IT sphere ⚙️

For 20+ years, EPAM has been providing top training courses, accumulating numerous resources helping beginners hop on to their most promising career adventures 🧑🏻‍💻

We want to share our expertise and launch a series of monthly career guidance workshops in different locations, where you will:

⭐️ Know more about the tech industry and why it is gaining popularity
⭐️ Learn about professions in IT and the skills needed to start
⭐️ Get a step-by-step algorithm to enter the sphere
⭐️ Find out the existing training opportunities within EPAM
⭐️ Participate in quizzes and Q&A session

Look through the list of upcoming workshops and register to kick off your bright journey in tech:

📌 Armenia (Eng)
📌 Georgia (Eng)
📌 Latvia (Eng)
📌 Kazakhstan (Ru)
📌 Kyrgyzstan (Ru)

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​​🧑🏻‍💻 Five phrasal verbs for a tech specialist. Part 2

You've left many reactions below our first post, so here's the continuation. Check a new set of five phrasal verbs to enlarge your English vocabulary:

📌 To back up – to copy or save computer data to a secondary location. E.g., My computer automatically backs up everything into the cloud.

📌 To plug in – to connect a piece of equipment to the main supply or another electrical equipment. E.g., Could you please plug the printer in? I need to print some documents.

📌 To get into – to enter the system. E.g., I don't have access to my corporate profile, so I can't get into the company system.

📌 To power up – to apply electrical power to a device so that it can operate. E.g., Could you help me to power my computer up?

📌 To filter out – to remove something you don't need from the group using a filter. E.g., You need to filter the options out before proceeding with the task.

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​​📚 Kubernetes. What, why, and when?

Do you know what Kubernetes is and why its popularity is growing? Join the upcoming webinar from DevOps Fundamentals training drivers to find it out 😉

On November 3 at 18:00 (UTC +3), Giorgi Keratishvili, Lead Systems Engineer at EPAM, will also tell ⤵️

⚙️ Where did Kubernetes emerge?
⚙️ What problems does it solve?
⚙️ What are the use cases of Kubernetes?

As a bonus, you'll get insights into the CNCF ecosystem and landscape 🔥

Register to delve into the trendy topic 😎

❗️UPD: the webinar was rescheduled due to the technical issues. If you have registered to the event, check your e-mail with a follow-up letter containing info about a new date of a session.

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​​📙 .NET: videos, tasks for self-training and nine interview questions

Which resources to investigate if you intend to build a career in .NET? 🧐

Opportunities of .NET are extensive, so it is impossible to learn everything at once. The best strategy is to start with learning the basics every .NET engineer should master 💪🏻

Read our article, where we've shared fundamental resources for beginners:

📌 Videos for learning C# and .NET
📌 Practical tasks and games (SQL and C#)
📌 Nine most popular tech interview questions you may come across

Explore the article, study the materials and upskill in .NET ⚙️

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​​⚙️ Career guidance test to find your IT specialization

A big update on our training portal! We've developed a career guidance test based on psychological and neurobiological studies to identify which career areas in tech might be the best fit for you 🔥

The test includes 75 pairs of statements, and you need to indicate what option is closer to you. It will take only 10-15 minutes 🕗

Why should you pass this test?

✅ Get a recommendation on the IT career that fits you most and how to succeed in it
✅ Receive a detailed analysis of your strengths and abilities
✅ Detect emotional burnout and stress

❗️There are no wrong or correct answers for the test: the more honest you are, the more accurate the test results will be.

Take the test and maximize your potential 🚀

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​​🚀 We've reached 8K+ subscribers!

Another exciting achievement of EPAM Training Center – we've gathered a community of 8K+ techies, hungry for knowledge and strongly motivated for learning 🔥

Every week we shared insights for starting an IT career, announced training programs and tech meet-ups, posted useful materials and podcasts for novice tech enthusiasts 👨🏻‍💻

We also expanded the geography of our channel so that each of you can get an opportunity to grow and advance your skills 🌍

Thanks for joining us one day, being involved and supportive. We'll continue to post informative & engaging to help you conquer the vast world of technologies ⚙️

Our audience is very diverse, so we want to know you better – answer three quick questions below ⬇️

​​⚙️ Have basic knowledge of Java or Python and want to upskill in Data Engineering?

Enroll in our new training program driven by EPAM engineers to:

🔸 Learn characteristics of big data and delve into its popular technologies
🔸 Explore the intersection of cloud computing with big data
🔸 Get an opportunity to join our Data Lab and study with a mentor

🌍 This opportunity is open for candidates from Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Uzbekistan.

Choose your location, read the requirements, and apply to advance your skills in Data Engineering 🚀

#hot_program

​​🔎 Five-day marathon for beginners in QA

2QAs community is an initiative created by experienced EPAM Lab drivers for beginners in testing 🪲

🗓 On November 28, they invite you to join free online marathon Tech week for a non-geek to explore:

⚙️ API testing
⚙️ Chrome DevTools basics
⚙️ HTML/CSS for testers
⚙️ Relational DB basics
⚙️ Introduction to Automated tools

You'll also get the learning materials, accomplish practical tasks and receive feedback on them 👍🏻

To participate, join their Telegram channel and wait for the start 🧑🏻‍💻

#community_pulse

​​📱 Hacker slang in cybersecurity

In today’s digital world, with lots of sensitive data, cyberattacks and hackers are becoming more notorious every year. But here's the good news – interest to cybersecurity is keeping pace🧑🏻‍💻

Tempted to hack your English vocabulary with new words? Keep your eye on this list:

⚙️ DoS attack – a cyberattack that prevents users from accessing a website, server or network resource.

⚙️ Fuzzing – a QA technique for bugs discovering used by hackers to crash the system.

⚙️ Malware – software developed by hackers to damage computer systems or steal data (e.g., viruses).

⚙️ Phishing – an attempt to receive credit card details or passwords by tricking people into typing their personal data on fake websites.

⚙️ Black hat – a hacker bending laws and breaking into computer systems with malicious intent.

⚙️ White hat – an ethical hacker who identifies security flaws in hardware & software at the request of its user.

⚙️ Spyware – any software that installs itself on your computer and starts monitoring your online actions.

⚙️ Worm – a program that replicates itself and spreads to other computers.

Already skilled enough to call yourself a real hacker? Join the Hacker Competition on December 3-4 to unveil your potential and show excellent skills in cybersecurity 💻

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​​🎥 TV shows to watch over the weekend

Winter has come! The best time for cozy evenings with a warm blanket, delicious food and good shows. Cozy up with your favorite drink and turn on:

💿 Upload (2020, 2 seasons): science fiction

In the future, people near death may be "uploaded" into virtual reality. When Nora's boyfriend gets into an accident, she decides to upload his mind into her own VR world.

💿 Altered Carbon (2018, 2 seasons), cyberpunk

Set in a future where consciousness can be transferred to different bodies, Takeshi Kovacs, a prisoner and a former soldier, returns in a new body to solve a mind-bending murder.

💿 Devs (2020, 1 season), science fiction

Lily works in Amaya, a tech company in Silicon Valley. After her boyfriend's disappearance, she understands that all roads lead to Amaya and its conspiracy able to change the world.

💿 Avenue 5 (2020, 2 seasons), science fiction

The space and solar system have become the main tourist destination. A group of space enthusiasts embark s on a journey that should have taken two months, but due to technical issues, it will last no less than three years.

💿 Humans (2015, 3 seasons), science fiction

New gadgets have become extremely popular. A suburban family buys Synth, a highly-developed robot, to help them out in the house. Soon they understand that this purchase will cause terrible consequences.

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