Berufe im Profil international: My Career Shift – IT consultant with a non-technical study background

Speaker: Sitora Sodatkadamova

Company: Adesso SE

Position: Associate IT Consultant

Degree programme:

M.A. Geography: Culture, Environment and Tourism

Personal Description:

• Zero technical knowledge and skills before jumping into IT

• What helped me were free resources, motivation to have a better and more stable financial income, and curiosity to learn new skills

• Want to become a Developer / Software Engineer

What defines your job:

Mandatory requirements are: nothing (but the bonus was that I had experience with HTML/CSS and Salesforce CRM)

Necessary soft skills: Teamwork, Time Management, Communication, Stress Management

What I like most: My team, different projects, traveling for work, free trainings and certifications, having a mentor

Most exciting challenge so far: Remember and structure everything I am learning

Don‘t get discouraged by: Not having experience and knowledge, or feeling alone and overwhelmed

My job is especially suitable for people studying: Anything. You just need the motivation to learn

Brief job description:

The following terminology is part of my work life: Project Management, Agile Principles, Scrum, technical and strategical configuration, Marketing Automation, Enablement Sessions, Certifications, Training, traveling, and Timesheets. As a consultant, I work for clients and projects with the aim to automate and enhance their marketing processes. For that, we use Salesforce products such as Marketing Cloud and Pardot. They both are marketing automation tools for B2B and B2C companies. We as consultants help them to enable Marketing Cloud in a way, that their marketing processes run smoothly and automatically. Our team consists of Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Consultants, and Developers. A great bonus for me is that even learning, traveling, and taking part in events are part of the work. I am right now learning to become a Developer and have a mentor at work.

Further information: Access to the lecture is free and possible without registration! A non-binding registration in Studi.IP is nevertheless requested.

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