Andrejs started his professional career in the field of tourism. After spending a little more than 10 years in the position of a travel organizer, the Klaipeda native chose to retrain in the IT field. In this post, an alumnus of data analytics training will talk about his path to a new job position in the company UAB "LTG Link" link.


What is your professional path before training? Briefly tell us why you decided to retrain.
I have spent almost all of my professional career working in tourism, travel organization. I was looking for new challenges, an area where I could realize myself.

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How did you choose your chosen training program and why Vilnius Coding School?
I came to "Vilnius Coding School" on the recommendation of an acquaintance, I wanted to improve and supplement my knowledge, and also because of the study schedule that was favorable to me at the time. By the way, before this training, I had already completed the courses of another programming school. Both programming schools gave me useful knowledge.

How did the training go? What knowledge and skills have you acquired?
The training went well, I updated my knowledge from another programming school and gained new knowledge working with SQL, Power BI ir Python.

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How did the search for the company go? Was it difficult?
This stage was the biggest challenge, because I live in Klaipėda, and the labor market in this city is completely different. Most of the companies have returned to working in offices, so my chances of getting a job in the field I want have decreased significantly, especially when you are new to this field and applying to Junior position. Some companies even called that because I would not be able to work for at least a few days from office, cannot be invited to further participate in interviews (mostly companies in this field are located in Vilnius).

I got a job in my current position as an expert in revenue management (in the pricing and analytics team) after seeing that the position I applied for a year ago became vacant, long before I decided to study at Vilnius Coding School, but then I chose another path. My CV was placed at "Vilnius Coding School" Career center in the database. We spoke with the Career Center specialist about sending recommendations to the companies I applied to. However, the main job search was conducted entirely independently by searching for job advertisements LinkedIn or on other job advertisement portals.

What advice would you give to people who dream of changing careers, but do not dare for various reasons (thinking that it is too late to change something, that they will be too weak for IT companies, etc.)?
To be brave and not afraid to take risks.

You can find Andrej's Linkedin HERE.

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