 IT specialist 2
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First of all, as a former vocational school teacher, I have to express my regret when I hear that the students taught the teachers. Can that be the purpose of accompanying instruction in a
vocational school? Of course not.
Before my colleagues in the IT field tear me apart, let me acknowledge that this kind of thing also happens in the automotive sector, although much less frequently. Automotive workshops are
often closer and react more quickly. But at least it gives the teacher the opportunity to corroborate the basics.
But here it sounds as if the vocational school is hopelessly outdated in a particular subject area. This may not only be due to the nature of a rapidly evolving field, but also to the
characteristics of the students themselves. The video also conveys this impression to some extent.
Here, you find people with very little experience alongside those who already have a great deal of expertise, even though they may still be quite young. Some of them might have already
programmed video games, which is a rather challenging area of application development.
It's quite difficult to reconcile them. Nevertheless, in this case, the boredom mentioned in the video doesn't stem from a lack of experience. The typical signs of struggling with the material, such
as unnecessary repetitions and rambling, appear when one doesn't know what to do next.
By the way: What exactly is this first part of the three main sections of the written exam mentioned in the video, titled "WiSo," which sounds like it covers economics and social studies? It's
described as being easy, but should this psrt really carry such a significant weight in the overall exam?
I was a (co-)examiner in the automotive field for many years, but economics and social studies play an absolutely minor role there; in the only relevant course offered at the vocational college,
it only accounts for 11 to 12.5 percent of the curriculum. Why so much for such a subject?
Even worse, the very first course devotes an entire week to binary and hexadecimal number systems. That already smells suspiciously like foot-dragging. There the aforementioned
metalworking course seems much more worthwhile.
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Now we're curious. How long does this vocational training last? Two to three years, and you can earn money during that time as well. In theory, you don't need a school leaving certificate at all.
After successfully passing the final exam, IT specialists can earn an average of €2,850 per month.
In Germany, with a secondary school diploma and 2.5 years of vocational training, this is possible even at the age of 19. A future vocational school teacher would have just completed his/her
high school diploma and would earn no salary for approximately 5 years; afterwards, as a trainee teacher, one would receive a salary of around €1,500 plus family allowance.
But these days, how many people have a family by the age of 25 or 26? By then, a computer programmer is already earning €3,500 gross per month and well on their way to a successful
career. A fully qualified teacher, on the other hand, only starts earning around €5,000 per month, with further increases each year.
Besides the relatively low level of knowledge and practical skills acquired during the training program, is another dilemma in this profession perhaps the fact that companies incur considerable
costs for training with little benefit, and yet they still have to spend a significant amount of money on hiring new, skilled employees?
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