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My name is Serhiy Nemchinsky. I have been in development for over 20 years, worked as a team leader at Ciklum, Luxoft, NetCracker, IntroPro, was a Project Manager, Team Lead, and headed the web development department at LigaBusinessInform. During this time, I have seen hundreds of beginners asking the same question: «What should I do if I want to write a program, but I don’t know where to start?»

IT professionals' pain point is testing. They are often complex, voluminous, time-consuming, and sometimes illogical, experts complain. We asked employers whether testing tasks are really necessary, and whether they can be replaced with a GitHub/portfolio review. Here’s what they told us.

What is it like to have several additional jobs in addition to your main full-time job, and at the same time study or do freelance work, or even both at the same time? We talked to IT specialists from Ukraine who, at different times in their careers, combined up to 4 jobs at the same time. Some found additional work on their own or were even offered it by the company where they already worked, while others were looking for part-time work purposefully.

Job search platform Indeed has created the GenAI Skill Transformation Index, an index that shows how generative artificial intelligence is impacting 2,900 job skills and occupations.

Sarah Goose worked as a recruiter at Google for almost a decade. She wrote interview questions, created candidate scoring systems, trained interviewers, and even participated in the final selection of those hired. In 2023, she founded her own career coaching business, Goose Gets It, in Virginia, USA. Now Sarah helps candidates understand how the market works and find jobs even in difficult times.

Tanush Sharanarthi, 26, from Bangalore, India, tried for three years to win an H-1B visa, which allows foreign professionals to work in the United States. But the lottery system was against him every time. Instead, his six years of experience in artificial intelligence helped him get a completely different visa — the O-1, also known as the «Einstein visa,» or talent visa.

Amazon, Google and Infosys are facing staffing challenges amid geopolitical and economic challenges. Analysts predict that the companies may shift hiring to Canada and Latin America to cushion the impact of rising H-1B costs.

The IT job market today is a real quest for candidates — you can try to get a job a hundred times, responding to vacancies, but not receive a single invitation, even for a preliminary interview. However, there are specialists that recruiters are on the contrary hunting for. dev.ua asked recruitment specialists which specialists they find most difficult to find and how they solve this problem.

Artificial intelligence has contributed to the emergence of a new profession in IT. Experienced developers are retraining as vibe code cleanup specialists. The phenomenon is widespread. What will this lead to?