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In 2024, 1,122 graduates of Mate academy, an online IT academy, took their first step in their careers by starting to work in junior positions. Here are the key figures and insights to show how their story before the offer unfolded compared to last year .

Talent Acquisition Specialist Oksana Hnatiuk told a story about a candidate who turned out to be sexist.

In 2024, Sigma Software lost to Genesis as the best employer. Ukrainian IT professionals believe that service companies have better working conditions, but product companies have more interesting projects. How have the leaders of the ranking of the best IT employers changed since 2017?

Finding the right person who will be useful to the team and the project is the main task of recruitment specialists, regardless of the conditions prevailing in the market. This is equally difficult to do in a scarce market and in a market where there are a lot of candidates. Among talent hunters, the idea sometimes prevails that it is easier to find specialists in the employer market, however, as most of them assure, often the variety of candidates only complicates the search and takes up precious time. dev.ua spoke with recruitment specialists from key Ukrainian IT employers and found out what they expect from the market at Softserve, GlobalLogic, Ciklum, and leading product companies.

What will Ukrainian IT be like in the coming year? This question interests both the business community and specialists involved in the industry. Students preparing to enter the market and switchers who have decided to change their profession and are waiting for their offers are also closely following the development of the industry. dev.ua asked top managers of large IT companies about the challenges they faced during 2024 and what they expect from 2025 for the industry. The heads of EPAM Ukraine, Ciklum, Capgemini Engineering, ZONE3000, Futurra Group, Genesis, Railsware and Master of Code Global told dev.ua about the biggest challenges of 2024 and their hopes for the next year.

Experienced IT professionals shared how they prepared for interviews at Google, Meta, and Microsoft. For example, a product manager shared two lists of questions: one for managers, the other for IT workers.

Front-end Developer Denys Stepanets posted a job opening for a Juner that has the community buzzing. The candidate is offered $200-300 in rewards, but the requirements for the developer «look like the company is looking for a superhero.»

New technologies have made it easy to apply for jobs with the click of a mouse, overwhelming employers with far more candidates than they can handle. As a result, old methods of job searching don’t work, and sending hundreds of job applications can be a recipe for frustration.

Senior Global Recruiter/Career Coach Anastasia Andrushchenko raised the question of why, from the employer’s point of view, he would be willing to pay a higher salary to a new specialist than to a specialist with similar experience who has been working in the company for a long time.

If an employee is burned out and wants to take a break, the best thing management can do for this person is to talk to them about the prospect of dismissal. Because often in such cases, the employee will not be able to recover and return to work motivated in a short period of time. This opinion was expressed by marketing expert Ksenia Larina. Do IT professionals agree with this?

In September, the procurement agency of the Ministry of Defense «State Operator of Logistics» (SLO) launched an IT system for managing the logistics needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine DOT-Chain. Thanks to the system, the cycle of food supply to units was reduced by 4 times, and from 2025, the developers plan to expand the functionality and enable units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to independently select the necessary electronic warfare/electronic warfare drones, ground robotic complexes and control stations through the DOT-Chain system. dev.ua learned from Alena Zhuzhi, IT advisor at the SLO, how the IT department is structured in the company, who is working on improvements for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and what updates to expect in the near future.

In her article in Dice, Leslie Stevens-Guffman, a recruiter with 20 years of experience, explained how to choose the best time and days to submit your resume so that the employer is most likely to consider it.

The share of IT professionals who work more than one job has increased over the year: last year there were 8% of them in Ukraine and 11% abroad, and this year it is already 12% and 15%.

Aaron Goldsmid, a 44-year-old programmer from San Francisco, took an unusual path to technology: his parents were Broadway actors, and he was the first in his family to attend college. He became interested in computer science in high school, and received his higher IT education from Columbia University. At one time, the IT specialist did not have people around him who could give him advice on building an IT career. Now, with 20 years of experience behind him, Goldsmid shares the mistakes that are worth avoiding.