Lyubov Filin, Head of Event-Based Regulatory Practice Department at the Gaidar Institute, noted in a commentary for Izvestia that requirements for IT specialists are changing due to introduction of artificial intelligence. In particular, mastering AI tools is becoming a necessity: “Skills in working with AI tools become a basic ‘hygienic’ minimum: the ability to use developer assistants, build simple pipelines using LLM and integrate models via API.”
However, the expert emphasized that fundamental knowledge in IT is still important, but the demand for specialists in the field of machine learning, data science and MLOps is growing. Lyubov Filin advises IT graduates to create a portfolio including AI cases and develop skills that demonstrate a “strong profile”: “a solid base + one depth (for example, backend + RAG/ML), the ability to calculate the economic effect and work in a team.”