Infographic: What Are People Looking for in a Tech Education?

If you’re seeing this, you’ve likely had tech on your mind. You’re not the only one. In fact, we’ve been surveying a bunch of people curious about tech to find out what they really want from a tech education. Now, we’ve heard from over 150 respondents, and we’ve got some insights. Dive in — your curiosity about tech puts you in good company.

It’s about jobs

Just over 64% of the people who took our quiz made it clear: they want jobs, and they want them as quickly as possible. But there’s more to it: they want to know their future tech jobs are backed by a guarantee.

‍

In fact, two thirds of the people polled said that a guarantee was very important. Good thing that’s exactly what TripleTen offers.

Top priority: getting qualified

So if you’re employment-focused, what comes next? Getting the right qualifications. According to our data, people understand this instinctively. When asked what their main worry was, 42% of people polled said they were nervous they wouldn’t have the hands-on experience necessary. The responses to another question build out on this:

Over three quarters of people polled said they have nothing in their portfolios. A good portfolio_{Software Engineering Portfolios: How to Make Them Shine (With Examples!)} that collects and presents all of your projects is absolutely key to showing you’re a competent, hirable expert in tech. If you don’t have anything to display here, then gaining hands-on experience_{Why Externships Are Great for Your Portfolio} is a very wise move. And it’s a move supported by bootcamps, where interactive and capability-focused training prioritizes the exact skills that employers are looking for.

But our respondents were also well-informed: only 8% said they didn’t know what a portfolio was. For anyone still wondering about them, check out that first link above.

Flexibility wins

Our respondents want the skills, but they don’t want to spend every waking hour gaining them — 63% of people polled said they wanted a flexible schedule that still had some structure to keep them accountable. Following that, 31% said they wanted maximum flexibility to sneak studying in when they had a spare hour or two, and only 6% said they wanted a strict schedule. 

But what does this look like in terms of hours per week?

People live real lives. They have groceries to buy, jobs to work, and kids to take to soccer practice. So that accounts for our respondents’ reticence to study full-time. But interestingly, people seem to be more willing to spend up to 20 hours studying as opposed to just up to 5 hours. 

That’s great news if you want to really commit to gaining tech qualifications; a good bootcamp will ask you to dedicate around 20 hours a week. And it will give you a balanced mix of flexibility and structure.

We've got so much flexibility. When you take the program, you choose exactly your schedule of study: when you want to study, how much you want to study. Because you've got this flexibility, you've got to be very disciplined in your schedule to make sure you complete every task on time. So, on the one hand, it's fantastic because you can work whenever you want. But on the other hand, it's really challenging because you've got to really demonstrate a lot of drive and self discipline. Isabelle Cuisset, TripleTen grad

How about you?

So you’ve heard what other people are mulling over when they consider mastering a tech profession. Now it’s your turn — take the quiz to add your voice and discover if a bootcamp is right for you.