The subject of the study is the invariants of professionalism needed by a specialist in the digital economy: self-awareness and stress tolerance. The incredible increase in the volume of information, the course of social processes in society, the state of the economy increases the requirements for a specialist, modeling all his competencies as a source of innovation, dictating the need for self-development, selfrealization, i.e., readiness for activity, for life in a globalizing world. The authors examine the competency-based approach to education, the main trends and requirements for a specialist in the digital economy. The most important feature of modern education is highlighted: improvement in the educational space of the basic and special competencies of today's student and future specialist. The authors' definition of the concept of "selfawareness" is proposed. The personality determinants that are formed in the educational process are analyzed: responsibility, speed of thinking and decision-making, stress resistance, selfawareness, professional self-consciousness, formed in the educational space, and subsequently actively affecting the educational and organizational processes that determine their effectiveness, systematic coordination of many tasks, productivity. The historical path of the appearance of the phenomenon of self-awareness from antiquity to modernity is traced. The results of the questionnaire "Factors and conditions of stress resistance of first-year students" are proposed: psychological competence; anticipation of luck; features of the educational process; self-image; health situation; demotivation. Based on the identified factors, the internal psychological conditions for overcoming stress and increasing stress resistance are described. As a result of the work done, conclusions are drawn that the most important feature of modern education is the formation and improvement in the educational space of the basic and special competencies of today's student and future specialist in the digital economy: self-awareness and stress tolerance.