Google Reveals 3 Capabilities Industry Needs Today – Google Indonesia describes three skills or strength sectors that are often needed by young people in today’s digital industry, along with the development of digital technology.
According to Dora Songco, Product Marketing Manager for Google Indonesia, these three strengths are more sought after in the digital industry today.
In a meeting of journalists opening the Google Build 2023 program, Monday (20/2/2023), Dora stated that the first power needed was regarding Android upgrades.
“Where are some children learning mobile development, where are these digital skills needed, because it coincides with changes in the startup ecosystem in Indonesia. So Android skillful talent is needed,” said Dora.
The second strength needed is the problem of machine learning. In the midst of the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), talents are needed who understand more in terms of machine evaluation.
This recognition was confirmed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek), in a similar opportunity.
“In 2023 someone explained the year of AI, the year of machine learning, cloud computing. This is really interesting,” said the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, Prof. Ir. Nizam.
“So that by studying technology intensely, while improving the program, I believe it is a ticket that will be useful for the future,” said Nizam
The third strength, according to Google, is the ability in the field of cloud computing or cloud computing. Dora said that currently all industries need young people who have digital powers related to big data.
Google Holds Build 2023
Meanwhile, these 3 sectors are three special learning pathways included in the Google Build program, and will be maintained in 2023.
Since it was first issued in 2020 until now, more than six thousand students have been trained and given more than 2,900 certifications in the Machine Learning, Mobile Development and Cloud Computing sections.
“This year we saw the most, those who registered or participants who participated in Wake in machine learning,” Dora added.
Google and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) officially opened the Build 2023 program.
Of the 67,000 students who enrolled in this program, 5,000 people were selected to take part in the first Batch Build program, which will start today, Monday (20/2/2023), until June 2023 in the future.
Want to Embrace More Participants
“Google hopes to be able to provide an even bigger impact by opening up the opportunity to triple the number of participants from last year,” said Randy Jusuf, Managing Director, Google Indonesia.
“We want to reach more female participants, vocational students, people with disabilities, participants from non-IT, and students from several small and medium cities,” he explained.
According to Dora, the sympathizers of the Wake Google program have experienced a significant increase every year. Google Reveals 3 Capabilities Industry Needs Today,
“If you remember, in 2020 we only had 300 sympathizers, then from 2021 we will be under the protection of Merdeka University, moving from 300 to three thousand, then we will increase it slightly to 3,100 and now we are 3x bigger,” he said.
In 2023, around nine thousand sympathizers will participate in the Bangun program, which will be held in two batches. Meanwhile, the 2nd batch will start in July 2023, with an opening for four thousand participants.
Digital Economy Change
Randy added, currently changes in the digital economy in Indonesia are developing positively. Until, this drives the formation of a field of high-skilled jobs, which are widely open to the younger generation.
Since 2020, Bangun has planned a curriculum that combines independent evaluation and direct evaluation for three specific learning paths, namely Machine Learning, Mobile Development, and Cloud Computing.
Not only through 900 hours of Informatics Engineering (IT) knowledge lessons, some participants received soft skills and English training.
It is hoped that this curriculum will give birth to new talents who will accelerate the digital transformation that will take Indonesia soaring into the future.
