After graduating from Samsung’Coding School’ SSAFY, more than 1,000 developers were employed

‘Samsung Youth Software Academy’ (SSAFY), Samsung Electronics’ youth employment support program, held the third graduation ceremony on the 23rd. SSAFY is a social contribution project that provides free software (SW) education for one year to four-year college graduates and graduates under the age of 29 nationwide and supports education expenses of 1 million won per month.

On the 23rd, about 400 people who had been educated in four areas nationwide, including Seoul, Daejeon, Gwangju, and Gumi, participated online in the completion ceremony of the third SSAFY held at the multi-campus education center in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul.
SSAFY trainees have been reborn as developers that can be put into practice right away through intensive training for a total of 1,600 hours per day for 8 hours for the past year and a collaboration project between trainees. In the first semester, the basics of algorithm and coding were strengthened, and in the second semester, we went through an in-depth phase that combined practical tests. In August of last year, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the SSAFY Gwangju Training Center to check the operation status and encourage trainees.

According to Samsung Electronics, a total of 1623 people completed SSAFY, which started in December 2018, from the 1st to the 3rd, and 62% (1009) of the graduates were employed. Samsung Electronics, LG CNS, Kakao, SK C&C, and other IT companies, as well as Hyundai Motor Company, NH Nonghyup Bank, Shinhan Bank, and Hyundai Card also selected SSAFY trainees. Among the trainees who were employed, 31% were non-SW (including liberal arts students). In the case of Shinhan Bank, since the end of last year, it has been hiring SSAFY and currently has 9 employees. Shinhan Bank Chairman Jin Ok-dong, who attended the offline graduation ceremony, said, “Currently, 9 people from Samsung Youth SW Academy are working, and they are very skilled and adapt quickly to the field, so they are continuously hiring.

Minji Kim (27), a humanities major, who recently joined the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation as a developer, said, “When I started training, I had no knowledge about software, so I was really devastated.” “I am very grateful that I have succeeded in getting a job.”

After the completion of the 3rd SSAFY completion ceremony, Yun-ho Choi, head of Samsung Electronics’ management support office, said, “As the situation of Corona 19 accelerates the digital transformation from daily life, software has become an era of more attention.” I hope to be the leading player in driving change.”

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