The majority of IT students (82%) plan to work or are already working in their specialty, while almost two-thirds of these students positively assess their professional prospects in the Russian Federation. These are the results of a joint study by ANO Tsifrovaya ekonomika and ANO National Priorities — the experts studied the career plans of this group of young people for the first time. De facto, this is the first “targeted” program that led to the solution of the personnel issue in the industry with such a positive effect. However, taking into account the fact that it was provided with exceptional state support measures, the authorities do not plan to extend it to other educational areas, where the share of employees in the specialty is small, and the shortage of qualified personnel is high.