Techies boning up on new techs to deal with future challenges in job market

With experts forecasting a tight job market in the Covid-19 world, mid-career techies are signing up for professional certification e-learning courses to pick up additional skills

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Tcs   |   Accenture  |   Coronavirus

Sai Ishwar 

Last year, Shrikant, a Java developer at HCL Technologies, felt that the programming language had limited future potential and enrolled in a Python and Machine Learning (ML) course online. After completing the course, the 29-year-old landed a data scientist’s job at Accenture. “After basic ML, I want to dive into deep learning.

I’ve also been learning Artificial Intelligence (AI) amidst the lockdown.” Shrikant isn’t the only one updating his skillset by enrolling in deep-tech online courses during the lockdown. With experts forecasting a tight job market ...

First Published: Fri, May 01 2020. 00:59 IST