Davao-based web and mobile software development agency Ingenuity Technology Consulting, Inc. (Ingenuity) is set to conduct a series of “Hackademy” events for students and professionals in a bid to close the gap between the requirement of the software industry and the fresh IT (Information Technology) graduates in the city.
Betsy Tulio, business development and community manager of Ingenuity, said Hackademy is a training institute which is designed to immediately address the problem on skills gap.
“I believe we have the talents. It’s just that we’re behind in terms of education. It’s high time to address that problem of lack of skill set required by the software industry,” Tulio said in yesterday’s Davao Business Forum at the Dermpath in SM City Davao Annex.
Having been six years in the software industry, Tulio said, Ingenuity already recognized the disparity between the fresh graduates produced by colleges and universities in Davao City and the requirement of the growing industry.
Tulio said the lack of skill sets among fresh graduates is a product of “outdated” education. “What they learn is outdated and colleges recognize that. Education should keep up with the industry.”
Training seminars like Hackademy allows students to learn and acquire programming skills through close student-mentor interaction.
With only 10 to 20 participants, she said, trainers and mentors can be able to focus on each participant which can be as young as 8 years old.
There will be two categories of Hackademy event which will be conducted this summer according to age bracket of the participant.
Hackademy Jr. students ages 12 to 17 can join the introductory course on robotics on May 2 to 6 which will offer participants crash course on the basic principles of robotics, and eventually have a workshop that allows students to make their own robots. The session will be facilitated by engineer Dinelle Aubrey Amper, electronics and robotics professor from the Ateneo de Davao University.
Kids ages 8 to 14, meanwhile, can join the session on introduction on game development using Scratch on May 10 to 13.
“This module is a preparatory course on the theories and concepts of game development. Here, students will be able to build their own game using Scratch, a free programming language and online community,” Tulio said, adding the facilitator will be Dominique Gerald Cimafranca, training engagement manager of Hackademy.
College students and professionals will undergo sessions on the Hackademy Main which include sessions on project management with Agile methodologies, introduction to programming using Python, and Python programming fundamentals, she added.
“College students and professionals can participate in the session on project management with Agile methodologies on April 27 to 29 which will be facilitated by certified Scrum master and head of services of Ingenuity Mancio Jan Reuben Basoc,” she said.
“This course provides an introductory module on the concepts of project management, specifically on the Agile methodologies. It will also present Scrum Framework, and how it can be applied to any projects. Useful for software developers, project managers, executives and practically anyone involved in creating projects,” she added.
Tulio said the students and professionals even those with no prior programming experience can avail the introduction of programming using python on May 23 to 27 which teaches participants the basic concepts of programming using the Phython language. It will be facilitated by Jefford Ray Mamacus, software engineer and head of training for Ingenuity.
Moreover, students and professionals with programming experience can join the session on Python programming fundamentals on May 23 to 27 which offers students a course that teaches Python as programming language, and its fata constructs, structures, as well as Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in Python.
“We are the only firm that uses Python in the country. Python is the widely-used programming language abroad,” she added.
Tulio hoped that training seminars like Hackademy could at least improved the skills set of both students and professionals either in the academe and non-academe. CHENEEN R. CAPON
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