Posted on 05/17/2022 3:23:50 AM PDT by GonzoII
LVIV, Ukraine: Ukraine’s IT sector is booming despite the Russian invasion. Workers with stickers on their laptops recline on beach chairs outside a warehouse for startups in the west Ukraine city of Lviv giving off major Silicon Valley vibes.But the atmosphere inside is different.
Through the glass doors of the complex, young Ukrainians zig-zag between stacks of bulletproof vests and cardboard boxes filled with helmets ready for the front.
They are part of Ukraine’s burgeoning tech sector which was forced to adapt after Russia’s invasion and has become key to supporting the war effort.
“Most tech companies had developed contingency plans” in case of war said Stepan Veselovskiy, the head of the “IT Cluster Lviv” community.
He told AFP that companies transferred servers to secure locations and established back-up systems outside the country before Russia invaded on Feb 24.
When Russian bombing started, IT companies shut offices in the capital Kyiv and eastern city of Kharkiv and engineers found refuge in western Ukraine or Poland next door.
Veselovskiy said there were already around 500 tech companies in Lviv before the war but now estimates that 80% of the sector is in the western city.
One is Infopulse, which provides various digital services to mainly European customers.
It brought 300 of its 2,300 employees to Lviv, where it has offices in one of the city’s few buildings equipped with a bunker…..
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A great Twitter thread about the fire control software that some genius Ukrainian engineer developed.
https://nitter.net/TrentTelenko/status/1523791050313433088
For the US Army a delay from call to pulling the trigger was 5 minutes in WW2, 15 minutes in Vietnam and thanks to all the JAG nonsense 60 minutes now.
Ukrainians took all this wonderful research Amazon and Uber have done and their just-in-time solution delivers shells or rockets to Russian location 30 seconds after the target has been confirmed.
Good for them if it’s true, but this smells like propaganda.
I would rather have those Ukrainians over here than all those Afghanistan refugees who are basically unemployable and go straight to welfare. /spit
Nice to know that Ukraine’s IT people are improving the art of war to save their country. I doubt Russia has comparable. Here is continuation of the article. It reads like some of it is a machine translation.
“One is Infopulse, which gives numerous digital providers to primarily European prospects.
It introduced 300 of its 2,300 workers to Lviv, the place it has places of work in one of many metropolis’s few buildings geared up with a bunker.
There are bunk beds and secure Internet underground so workers to proceed working within the occasion of an air raid. There are additionally mills in case Russian forces goal energy stations and terminals for Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet service.
“Even in the most drastic conditions, business can continue,” regional supervisor Ivan Korzhov mentioned. They may even thrive.
Tech military
Since the beginning of the warfare, Infopulse has gained 4 new prospects and in April – the second month of the Russian invasion – it created 25 new jobs in Ukraine. It will not be the one tech firm in Ukraine to take action.
Veselovskiy says February – when Russia attacked – was a traditionally good month for Ukraine’s tech sector and its estimated 200,000 workers. “It slowed down a bit in March, but we are very optimistic for the future because the war doesn’t stop us from growing,” he mentioned.
This is a stark distinction to different industries, battered by the invasion. Exports for conventional sectors resembling metal and agriculture have collapsed. But the tech sector, naturally, has not been affected by the destruction of bridges, roads or the blocking of ports. It has, in response to Veselovskiy, made greater than US$2bil (RM8.79bil) for the reason that begin of the warfare and has grow to be the nation’s main exporter. “It’s a good thing for Ukraine because we generate income in dollars every month when the country really needs it,” Korzhov mentioned.
“We pay our taxes and give a lot of money” to the federal government. The IT Cluster Kyiv has already allotted US$2mil (RM8.79mil), primarily to purchase tools for Ukrainian troopers. That’s how its places of work ended up wanting like a military depot. The sector has additionally provided its brightest to assist the navy. Softserve – certainly one of Ukraine’s greatest tech corporations – has labored on the navy’s web sites totally free and IT Cluster Kyiv modernised one of many navy’s command centres. Infopulse additionally participates in a joint mission by the Ukrainian military and the ministry of digital transformation.
“Specialists in tech and cybersecurity work with the government on the information front,” its regional supervisor Korzhov mentioned. He then repeated a well-liked slogan in Ukraine: “We are not waiting for peace, but for victory.” – AFP”
Strangely enough, it isn’t propaganda. I’m 50 miles from the border, but I’m in Poland. The IT guys I know in Lviv are still there, working.
This article rings true.
The Ukrainians who are refugees in Poland want to head back when fighting ends. I think they don’t mind earning the money but then want to go back home
Yes. It’s true. The Ukrainian IT sector is growing despite the war. This article talks about it
https://blog.codeharbor.dev/2022/05/04/how-ukrainian-it-companies-work-in-wartimes/
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