IT professions without programming

It is possible to get IT and without knowledge of programming languages. Recruiters, managers, people working with design, etc. are needed in this field.

Today let's talk about I.T. professions for humanities and interesting specialties.

Professions in I.T. without programming

Each specialty requires unique skills and predispositions. The top is balanced: there are professions for analysts, extroverts, creative individuals, and salespeople.

For the specialty of testers and data analysts, understanding code is highly desirable. But the required minimum there is lower than in professions directly related to layout or application creation.

Tester

Checks whether the service works correctly. If it is an application, the tester clicks all the buttons, follows the links, looks for elements that are inconvenient for an ordinary user, etc. Can work in any company with a website, program, service or game.

The required minimum for a tester looks like this:

• Understand and create test cases. This is documentation that specifies how different elements should work.
• Work with case tools.
  
• Understand the architecture of the application.
  
• Know how to work with databases.
  

Companies can assign additional requirements to testers.

Testers can be confused with QA engineers. To understand the spheres of activity of these two specialists, remember: the task of QA is to make sure that the development has as few bugs as possible, and the tester checks the product for flaws.

If you become a good manual tester, you can continue your education by becoming an autotest developer. You will get more money, but the requirements will be higher.

HR recruiter

One of the best I.T. specialties without programming. Suitable for extroverts. People in this profession:

• look for and hire employees,
  
• review applications,
  
• make favorable offers.
  

The recruiter studies the needs of the employer:

• what the specialist should be able to do,
• what tasks he or she will perform,
  
• how much money to pay, etc.
  

Then he analyzes the market and checks whether the employer's requirements correspond to reality. If the chance of finding the right person is low, the recruiter may suggest changing the requirements for the employee.

Next, he does the selection process:

• looks at applications,
• sends out test cases,
  
• and then redirects them, communicates with the candidate, etc.
  

Sometimes interacts with the employee during the probationary period.

For HR jobs need a college degree. Some of the best specialties are psychology, management, sociology. You can also take courses.

There are many HR recruiter vacancies, any relatively large company needs such a specialist. Looking for work can be both online and offline. The latter is especially relevant for cities with millions of people: small firms can take even a newcomer without experience.

At the initial stage, you can get a job as an HR recruiter's assistant. There are fewer responsibilities and there is a mentor.

Web Designer

Creates the design of a website, app, service, etc. Knows how to work with typography, color theory, and composition. Their task is to make the product beautiful and user-friendly. And then the programmer will already layout it.

And in the layout will help you Figma.

This profession can combine programming and design. You can, for example, learn HTML and CSS (not thoroughly) to better understand colleagues. Before learning web design, you can try a trial session on a course to see if this type of activity suits you or not.

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Then you just need to learn: find the right materials, read books, find experts in your field, etc. Free web design can be learned this way:

• YouTube. There is a lot of content there that will suit a beginner. There are tutorials, video tutorials, useful tips and free courses.
• Books. You can get useful theory with them too. You can take a book on web design by Dmitry Kirsanov or "Emotional Web Design" by Aaron Walter.
  
• Practice. Try to create your own small project. Come up with a TOR and follow it. It's best to start with lendings (one-pages that call to action).
  
• Courses. Expensive but proven option. There they teach web design, help you create a portfolio, teach you how to communicate with employers, etc.
  
• Study at a university. If there is a desire to work in an IT-related field, university will be a great place to start.
  

It's important for web designers to train for perspicacity. This is when you've seen a lot of content through which you've learned how to generate new ideas.

Data Analyst

This is where you need people with analytical skills. They persuade with the help of numbers, graphs and statistics. They collect data and derive solutions that the business needs based on it. They work offline more often, as they need to communicate a lot with the employees of the firm.

Here's what a data analyst should be able to do:

• Know math. This is taught in universities. For example, a good analyst should be proficient in math analysis and know how to work with statistics.
• Enter data into Google and Excel spreadsheets. Reports are often generated in them.
  
• Understand the needs of the customer. To do this, you will have to understand the business: why some products sell better than others, what customers need, how certain decisions affect sales, etc.
  
• Visualize the data obtained. Dashboards can help with this.
  

A dashboard is an information panel that displays data in a clear form.

You also need to be able to communicate with people. Knowledge of programming will be a plus, SQL will help with this. And to become an analyst, you need to study at a university or take courses. Further it is required to have experience in a related direction (for example, economics) and move into the field of analytics.

When applying for a job, you will definitely need a portfolio, which can be collected without work experience. Its task is to show that you are a specialist. Therefore, it is important to perform several interesting and in-demand tasks.

Internet marketer

In this field, you need people who are good at selling. They promote a product or service (including IT). In a simplified form, the work of an Internet marketer consists of four points:

• Product research. What it is useful, why it is so expensive/cheap and how it will work.
• Market analysis. Identifying the target audience, analyzing competitors.
  
• Creating a profitable strategy. There is a budget, it needs to be spent in a way that will bring the most profit.
  
• Advertising and PR. Refers to social networks, targeted advertising, the use of SEO, etc.
  

Next, the results of market promotion should be analyzed. At the disposal of the Internet marketer has tools. But you can learn how to use them either on courses or at university. On your own, it is more difficult to get into this field than in others.

People in this profession often work in a team. At a minimum, you will need one developer and one analyst. Sometimes you will have to launch your own sites and communities.

The main skills in this field are three:

• Communication skills. You'll have to communicate a lot. With customers, clients, team, etc. In addition, you will need to interact with the audience.
• Creativity. The marketer comes up with non-standard solutions that help the business stay afloat.
  
• The ability to think several steps ahead. The developer allocated money, you launched the project, but the direction was unsuccessful, so you spent everything and earned nothing. To avoid such problems, you will have to think ahead.
  

From the professional skills you will need knowledge of SEO, SMM, the ability to write texts, etc. Training can last a year or even more.

What to do after choosing a direction?

You have found a suitable direction, but this is probably not enough. Thoughtful specialists are paid a lot, and in between jobs you can study. Here are some tips.

• Socialize more with other programmers and immerse yourself in the topic. The right environment will bring useful results, you will not notice how you will learn more and advance in your development.
• Less theory, more practice. A humanitarian will find it easier to memorize code if he/she writes it more often. Set yourself some goals, gather a toolkit, and take action.
  
• Enroll in a course or find another source of information. Self-education has a plus and a minus: it allows you to become independent, but you will have to make all the mistakes yourself. But when there is a teacher around, he or she can protect you from mistakes and tell you where to go next.
  
• Combine need and interest. The most vacancies now are for the position of a layout designer. It is also the easiest to learn. However, you want more, for example, to write programs, develop something interesting or make games. In this case, it is better to choose a less in demand, but more interesting to you personally profession.
  

And remember that a humanitarian can become an IT specialist, or at least get into this sphere. This is not a closed club, but a full-fledged activity that anyone can get into. It also has competition, methodologies, etc. The only thing that is difficult is getting started.

There is a lot of competition in some majors, so it's better to purposefully go to university for a specific position. And in the third or fourth year it is better to look for a part-time job in the specialty. Sometimes it can be done remotely.