A manual QA job allows you to make some scenes around you better, improve the world a bit, and have a chance to grow every day. The experienced QA technical lead, Yevheniia German, talked about testing itself, told how to understand that you already have some skills for this profession, and how to define your inner QA superpower.

We asked Dima Malyshenko, a Berlin-based but originally from Ukraine start-up co-founder, to share his life story and thoughts on how to support Ukrainians. Read here about Dima's inspiring way to the tech industry, how he became friends with Beetroot Academy and why he decided to donate to our Tech education fund.

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An internship is your springboard to a career in tech, with many advantages. You get real work experience, gain a valuable learning experience and extend your professional network. It boosts your CV, increases your market value, and helps you transition from temp to full-time work. All these benefits certainly will be helpful in the future in your career.

What LinkedIn is, how to create a profile and make it visible for recruiters, where to look for vacancies and finally get hired for the dream job — read in a brief text version of the online workshops by LinkedIn Nordics and Beetroot Academy. During June, over 350 Ukrainians joined those events, and we will continue collaboration in early autumn. Organized for Ukrainians who have been forced into a new working environment, it will be helpful for talents around the globe hunting for a job.

‍Summer is rather about rest, vacation, and relaxation, than studying for a new career in tech. You prefer to hide in the park reading a book or go to the beach, sunbathe and listen to the seagulls. It's quite difficult to tune in to study, right? Especially when your friends ask you to go out. However, you have a strong will to change your career, so let's try to enjoy studying as well as summer. 

English is required to pass an interview with an international company, complete a training course, or get your a freelance job. It turns out that to work in IT, you need to know two types of languages ​​— programming language and language for communication. And there is great news — now you can learn English just by scrolling through your Instagram or watching movies. In this article, we offer a selection of resources that will help with learning English, and therefore, with career growth.

Beginners worldwide prefer learning Python as their first programming language due to its simplicity and flexibility. Python is an object-oriented language, high-level and portable by nature, with huge standard library support. This integrated and interpreted language is open source, free to use, and dynamically typed. Moreover, Google, YouTube, Netflix, Spotify, Reddit, and Instagram use Python precisely for their programming needs.

The upcoming interview may sometimes scare off as an exam. Remember how you also check up on some important details, look in the mirror, take a deep breath. But things are not so tragic. An interview is a dialogue, not an exam. Let's try to come up with basic tips on preparing for an interview in IT, so that it goes friendly and effective.

Programming language C# is considered one of the best. Why? This object-oriented, versatile, and multi-paradigm language is pretty easy to learn. It can be used to perform various tasks, including objectives that span over different industries and professions. Knowing this programming language, you can get a job as a web developer, game developer, mobile app developer, and backend developer.