Children’s IT school Robocode fires 32-year-old teacher after graduation «Pregnant at 16»
The children’s IT school Robocode fired a teacher after he appeared in one of the episodes of the show «Pregnant at 16».
Former CIA chief calls on Ukrainian IT to spend 10% or more on cybersecurity
Former executive head of security at the CIA Nick Gisinto, who worked for the agency for 10 years and after leaving it worked for Uber and Tesla, called on companies to spend at least 10% of their IT budgets on cybersecurity.
Ukraine has reduced the age of mobilization and allowed students to do internships abroad
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a draft law on mobilization. The document states that the mobilization age will be reduced from 27 to 25 years.
The head of EPAM called the percentage of mobilized people «critical» for business
The head of EPAM Ukraine, Stepan Mitish, believes that a figure of more than 10-15% of those mobilized will be critical for the company.
About piracy and content in Ukrainian. Interview with ITC.ua editor-in-chief Timur Vorona
Timur Vorona, CEO of Creators Media Group and editor-in-chief of ITC.ua, gave an interview to Oleksandr Glushchenko, host and author of the YouTube channel «Perevozovka», where he discussed, among other things, the problems of piracy in Ukraine.
A group of three programmers was detained near the border with Romania. But they were punished in different ways
A group of five people were detained while trying to illegally cross the state border from Ukraine to Romania outside of checkpoints.
The Register of Damages for Ukraine Caused by Russia’s Invasion has been launched in The Hague — application can be submitted via «Diia»
The service will be available after the mobile app is updated and will be available on the portal later
The average salary of newcomers to IT is $600 — statistics
The average salary of those who found their first job in IT last year was $600.
No kidding: the top hires in March include candidates based in Ukraine
Almost all of March’s top hires were candidates based in Ukraine.
Customs has launched an online service for declaring and paying taxes on parcels from abroad
Ukrainians will be able to declare express shipments independently in their Personal Account on the web portal «Single window for international trade» by filing an electronic customs declaration M-16 — this can also be done using a smartphone.
Control questions in vacancies scare off 20% of candidates
The presence of control questions in job postings reduces the number of responses by 20%.
Ukraine’s largest uranium producer goes bankrupt, while the Energy Ministry ignores the problem
On March 20, the Economic Court of Dnipropetrovs’k Region held a hearing on declaring the state-owned enterprise «Vostochny Ore Mining and Processing Plant» bankrupt. This is evidenced by data from the register of court decisions.
«Kyivstar» raises prices — from April 9, the monthly fee for 20+ subscription tariffs will increase by an average of 30%
«Kyivstar» announced new wave updating of tariffs, which will also affect subscriptions — this time, the terms and conditions of those that have not been updated since last year and earlier will be revised. The new terms and conditions for more than 20 tariffs will come into effect on April 9.
Unity Nest coworking space closes in Odesa: it lasted less than a year
Unity Nest coworking space will be closed in Odesa on March 30.
Last year, the EU hourly wage reached €54 — more than a third of the nominal «minimum wage» in Ukraine
According to Eurostat in 2023, the lowest hourly wage was recorded in Bulgaria at €9.23, while Luxembourg had the highest wage at €53.9 per hour.
Minus 1020 employees and one more office in six months: the rating of top 25 game development companies in Ukraine has appeared
In six months, the number of employees in the Ukrainian gaming industry decreased by 1020, or 11.75%. Over the year, it decreased by 1411 (almost 15%).
The Rada refused to book employees with high salaries
The Verkhovna Rada rejected the idea of automatic reservations for persons liable for military service who receive a salary of UAH 35,000 and pay taxes.
Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti appeared in Fortnite — map for donations to rebuild destroyed hospital in Mykolaiv
Now in Fortnite, one of the most popular online games in the world, TheDonationMap was launchedwhich accurately recreates Kyiv’s Independence Square.
Salaries in vacancies for seniors fell by $500 in two months
Salaries in vacancies for senior developers have decreased by $500 — to $3-5 thousand over the past 2 months.
Fears it will go bankrupt due to Unity tariffs: Chinese gamers pirate game from indie developer
The indie developer is afraid that it will soon become bankrupt — and Chinese gamers will be to blame. One day, the number of active players may become critical and then they will have to pay Unity for cloud services.
Military bonds in «Diia» have brought Ukrainians more than ₴94 million in revenue since October 2022
Since October 2022, Ukrainians have been able to purchase military bonds directly in the application «Diia» — and as of today, the number of purchased bonds has reached 4 million (4,000,176, to be exact), which has brought their owners over ₴94 million in revenue.
Director of a rural hospital gave her programmer nephew a 250% bonus and a bonus for hard work
The acting director of the Makariv Primary Health Care Center «(a village in Kyiv Oblast) set a 250% performance bonus and a bonus for hard work for her programmer nephew.
lifecell has expanded the availability of 5G in roaming — the list includes 47 countries. When in Ukraine? Soon
lifecell announced the expansion of the list of countries where 5G is available to its subscribers. The list now includes 47 countries.
Shoot down drones with F-16: Ukrainian developer creates HTML game Russian Invaders
A Ukrainian developer has created a remake of the cult game Space Invaders — Russian Invaders. In it, you have to shoot down Russian drones and missiles as an F-16 pilot.
From the West to the East. Analysts investigated the level of stress among European employees
More than half of office workers surveyed in 8 European countries say they have experienced stress recently. Mostly — because of work-related issues.
56% of Ukrainians do not pick up the phone when unknown numbers call
According to the Rakuten Viber survey, 56% of Ukrainians are skeptical of unfamiliar numbers — 29% do not answer third-party calls at all, while 27% may pick up the phone if they are expecting a call (from a courier, store, etc.).
Chernivtsi resident who blew up postal machines «Nova Post» in 2021 will spend 4 years in prison
The bizarre story of the bombing of two «Nova Post» post offices in Kyiv and Odesa, which happened in 2021 and is well worthy of the Ukrainian GTA, has come to an end — the culprit was a resident of Chernivtsi, who received 4 years in prison and must compensate for all losses. Sentencing in two criminal cases related to the incidents, said…
Khmelnytsky programmer retrained as a hacker and hacked 7327 computers through cheats on GTA San Andreas
A programmer from Khmelnytskyi decided to become a hacker and after a while on special forums started distributing malware. He did this through infected files in GTA San Andreas mods, which he posted on YouTube.
StarCraft + Age of Empires in VR. Ukrainian sci-fi strategy game Expansion VR is now available on Steam Early Access
On March 22, Expansion VR — a sci-fi VR strategy game from Kharkiv-based developers 💔 was released on Steam in early access. To mark the launch of the game on Steam, Ukrainian-Maltese Plazma Studio has prepared a new gameplay trailer that demonstrates the current state and features of the game.
«Maybe someone crossed the road»: the developer noticed that someone was responding to vacancies on his behalf
Software Architect Igor Lopushko noticed that other candidates were responding to various vacancies on his behalf.
What about DniproHES, which was hit by «8 missiles»? Minus 1.6 GW of capacity, «significant financial losses» and no threat of dam failure
On the night of March 22, Russia carried out the most massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, among others by firing two missiles at DniproHES (according to Ukrhydroenergo) or eight missiles (according to the Prosecutor General’s Office, as some media reported), which caused serious damage to HPP-1 and HPP-2 (both plants are…
A $100 company is looking for a QA-intern with B2 English
The anonymous job search service Djinni has posted an interesting vacancy — the company is looking for a QA-intern to join its team for a salary of $100 and with at least B2 level of spoken and written English.
«Kyivstar» was the first to launch eSIM connection with an online contract (via BankID and «Diia»)
«Kyivstar» simplified eSIM connection — order an electronic SIM-map with contract connection is now available online (identification through the NBU BankID service or the «Diia» app). Previously, contract subscribers had to visit a store with a passport or sign documents via a courier to get an eSIM, so «Kyivstar» was the first to introduce…
No need to rush: the speed of response to a vacancy does not affect the chances of finding a job
The speed of response to a vacancy does not affect the number of recruiter responses that candidates receive. And, accordingly, the chance of finding a job. Unless you send responses a week after the job posting.
More than 40% of Ukrainians cannot recognize AI-generated text — Kantar Ukraine survey
A February survey by Kantar Ukraine shows that Ukrainians are actively following the development of AI: almost 79% of respondents know what it is, but only 29% have used the technology in practice.
Damage to the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant and other consequences of the largest-scale Russian terrorist attack on Ukraine’s energy sector
From 4 to 7 a.m., a massive enemy missile attack on Ukrainian cities continued — energy and other critical infrastructure facilities were damaged, and residential buildings were damaged.
NDAs are increasing, especially for juniors: IT professionals are looking for an explanation for the number of non-disclosure agreements
The IT community on LinkedIn has noticed a very relevant topic: recently, more and more candidates have been posting their experience in companies with NDAs.
About 20% of graduates of the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s IT Generation courses found jobs in six months. Statistics by school
The Ministry of Digital Transformation has announced the current number of graduates who managed to find a job after completing IT Generation courses.
UNITED24 launches Minesalt — Minecraft-style online game in Soledar locations to raise funds for Ukraine’s reconstruction
Minesalt recreates the site of the largest salt mine in Europe: 16 locations, 500 kilometers of tunnels, many interesting stories, and 140 crystals to be collected by players.
Border guards caught a programmer with a guide for $5500. But «autograph» they forgot to take an explanation
Chernivtsi border guards detained a sole proprietor programmer at a distance of 30 km from the state border of Ukraine.
«Kyivstar» in 2023: ₴33.5 billion in revenue, loss of subscribers after a cyberattack, and 4G for 60% of subscribers
The largest mobile operator in Ukraine has released its financial data for 2023 — and separately for the 4th quarter, which was marked by a drop in revenue and subscriber outflow after a large-scale cyberattack in December.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law on education No. 10399
On March 20, MPs voted with 234 votes supported in the first reading draft law No. 10399, which provides for changes in the financing of higher education: the document is based on the principle of «money follows the student» and eliminates the rigid division into «state employees» and «contract employees».
8 billion rubles, 2762 employees: Netcracker continues to operate in Russia despite announcement of withdrawal
Netcracker, a developer of operations support systems, business support systems, and virtualization solutions, continues to operate and hire in Russia, despite its announcement of withdrawal from the market.
YouTube blocked Sternenko’s old video with russian prisoners from being shown in russia — at the request of roskomnadzor
This is a video showing russian soldiers surrendering to the russian military, published on the channel of journalist and activist Serhiy Sternenko back in 2022.
IdeaSoft launches AI Hub with free lectures on AI from speakers from Google and Meta
Ukrainian IT company IdeaSoft, a part of Sigma Software Group, has launched IdeaSoft AI Hub— is an open source community with a focus on Artificial Intelligence technologies.Representatives of IdeaSoft told the editorial board about this.The project will include:
Millions of accounts for IPSO sold: cyber police expose group of hackers
Kharkiv cyberpolice identified three criminals aged 20 to 40 who stole email accounts and Instagram accounts of Internet users. In particular, the stolen accounts were used to conduct IPSO in the interests of Russia.
The top 10 IT companies with the highest revenue in 2023 have been named
The data monitoring service Opendatabot has published a rating of the best companies in Ukraine in 2024. The list includes the largest businesses with impeccable business reputation.
Vodafone has launched a mobile tariff comparison service — for all Ukrainian operators
All you need to do is go to the Vodafone website, open page Tariff selection and enter the amount you are willing to spend on a monthly basis for mobile services.
Banks in monobank have collected almost ₴50 billion in donations
Co-founder of monobank Oleg Gorokhovsky reported, that Ukrainians (and others) have already deposited almost ₴50 billion through the savings service «Bank», and announced several updates.
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