Shaping of the professional community in digital economy: a case study

Abstract

This paper analyses how the new “creative class” community consisting of multiple professional groups and societies is shaping itself up, using a professional community of Information Technologies (further abbreviated as IT) specialists as a case study. The qualitative research of IT professionals’ community demonstrated that the professional community of IT specialists in Latvia is not homogeneous. Differences related to age entail differences related to professional experience, ambition, and motivation. IT professionals in Latvia have a strong professional identity. Keywords—digital economy, IT, professional community