Abstract
Background.] e present study of professional identity in the representatives of the information technology sphere is connected to the problem of directing modern specialists in the world of work which is rapidly changing and structuring the system of tasks in a new way. ] is requires the compliance of the psychological characteristics of an employee with computerised forms of job functions. ] e present work aims to research the features of professional identity among representatives of the information technology sector with di^ erent job experience in order to understand identity transformations during the professionalization in a more profound way. Methods. ] e respondents are o^ ered to \ ll in a questionnaire for social status data, the «Trust in technology» questionnaire (Akimova, 2020), semantic di^ erentials for the evaluation of one’s personal qualities (Ginetsinsky, 1994), and the evaluation of oneself as a professional (Serkin, 2016). Sample. It has totaled to 52 respondents studying and working in the \ eld of Network and System Management, Innovation, Information Systems and Technologies related to the IT sphere. Results. ] e data demonstrate two statistically signi\ cant trends in the development of the professional identity in the representatives of the IT sphere: the linear and the structural ones. ] e \ rst trend shows the gradual entry into one’s own specialty which is expressed in a consistent complication of ideas about oneself as a professional, the growth in con\ dence in one’s own quali\ cation, competence, and knowledge. ] e second trend is supported by restructuring the emerging ideas about oneself in the profession with the growth of real practical experience. Unlike students, in working specialists, it is expressed in «ignoring» personal characteristics and emphasizing professionally important qualities against the background of a growing con\ dence in technology and the degree of mastery. Conclusion. ] e common feature of all the participants under the study is a positive attitude towards the introduction of information technologies and experiencing di_ culties in mastering them. Professional identity of the respondents belonging to the same professional \ eld which is characterized by rapid and diverse change has got features that distinguish di^ erent stages of professionalisation. ] e results obtained make it possible to adjust the training programmes of IT specialists, taking into account the required competences as well as personal characteristics in order to approach the model of a specialist in the IT \ eld.
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