According to a survey conducted by Scaler Academy by InterviewBit, an ed-tech start-up helping engineers be job-ready, 88% of all respondents working in FAANG companies feel that system design is a skill crucial for career growth.
Scaler Academy conducted the survey with 1400 participants between the age groups of 24-29 across cities such as Bangalore (39%), Hyderabad (28%) and Delhi NCR (11%), with around 22% of the participants being from an undetermined location.
Further to this, a focused conversation was conducted with 191 randomly selected participants of the earlier sample.
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Problem solving skills also crucial
Further, a focused conversation with a select group of respondents from the survey also finds that 64% of respondents would like to build their problem-solving skills.
These respondents rated themselves low on their knowledge on team handling, designing large scale systems, and understanding design paradigms and principles.
Main job roles people want in the next four years
The focused study also reveals that ‘Software Architect’ (72%) and ‘Engineering Manager’ (23%) are seen as the main career goals to achieve in the next four years by the participants. A majority of these respondents (91%) also stated that architecting large scale systems is the most crucial skill to accumulate.
Engineers willing to build their skills
Interestingly, 44% of the survey respondents said they would be willing to spend 5-10 hours per week on upskilling themselves and acquiring new skills, with 32% being willing to spend 10-15 hours per week on building up their skills.
In order to address these demands from software professionals, Scaler Academy has also launched a new executive tech programme Scaler Plus, for software engineers to boost their journey to tech leadership roles.
Courtesy: India Today
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