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How to keep your «cuckoo» and not go crazy? This question has probably been one of the most important for many Ukrainians in the last few years. Excessive psychological stress, stress, and worries do not contribute to a healthy atmosphere. dev.ua asked the heads of IT companies operating in Ukraine about their recipes for maintaining mental health. EPAM Ukraine, Futurra Group, Ciklum, Genesis, Capgemini Engineering, Railsware shared their secrets.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died on December 29 at the age of 100. He served from 1977 to 1981. Before becoming president, Carter served one term as governor of Georgia. A former naval officer and engineer who later became a peanut farmer, he convinced voters that he had good intentions and would act honestly after the Watergate scandal, in which Republicans spied on Democrats. President Carter had both ups and downs in his biography. One of the details of his tenure is that he ordered the installation of solar panels on the roof of the White House. Why did the president do this, how did it fit into the historical context and where the president's solar panels are now, read on.

Engineer, and eventually software developer, Vadim Pasko launched the SplineCloud web platform for knowledge exchange and management in engineering and science. The idea, which was born in 2015, has come a long way. Currently, the platform is used by about 500 engineers and scientists from different parts of the world, who, with the help of free repositories, can facilitate the process of implementing engineering projects without spending months on rediscovering and rethinking existing knowledge and data. Vadim told dev.ua about the development of the startup despite all the challenges: from the birth of the idea to cooperation with NAU and participation in WebSummit 2024, as well as about the investments attracted.

Experts from the Internet marketing agency Webpromo analyzed the ranking of the most popular applications among Ukrainians in 2024 and its changes in recent years. They also studied the dynamics of Ukrainian-language queries in the AppStore and Google Play, and checked popular applications in Ukraine and abroad for the presence of a Ukrainian-language version.

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.»

A New Year’s gift is a special magic that can bring incredible pleasant emotions to its recipients. dev.ua asked top managers of Ukrainian IT companies what their best New Year’s gift was. Marina Tereshchenko, Internal Communications Director ZONE3000, Vlad Shimov, Managing Director Capgemini Engineering and Anna Halimon, Fulfilment Director at Ciklum, shared their memories.

The new year 2025 brought Ukrainians many regulatory and legislative innovations that affect every citizen without exception. dev.ua has collected 16 of the most high-profile new rules — from mobilization and taxes to changes in tariffs and limits, which you should definitely know about so as not to get into trouble.

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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.

New Year is a traditional time for predictions. Moreover, completely different ones — both analytical and astrological. Anyone who has worked in the media for a long time, especially in the days of printed daily newspapers, knows that the magical power of horoscopes was sometimes formed with the participation of one of our colleagues, who randomly predicted sharp turns of fate for different zodiac signs. This time, we asked artificial intelligence services to act as «astrologers». After all, if we address them with a lot of requests every day, we thought that they would cope with predicting the future no worse than us.

Despite a difficult year for business and the country, the company continues to grow, launch new ecosystem projects, win prestigious awards, and help the army.

Every month we share stories of small and medium-sized technology businesses and projects that bring our victory over Russia closer.

Recently, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, ordered each brigade commander to form full-time recruiting units in combat military units. From 3 to 7 people will be responsible for recruiting in each brigade. We decided to ask brigades that already have a recruiting system set up, how they search for and recruit fighters. In particular, we were interested in what social platforms the unit uses, how its media presence affects recruiting, and what offer a candidate must receive today to serve in the army. These processes are somewhat reminiscent of hiring in an IT company. Read more in the material to learn how they work.

Entrepreneur Konstantin Synenko shared his experience of communicating with the TRC and passing the MMC.

The main news this year in Ukraine is obviously related to the front and the war against Russia. Along with them, we have selected 10 scary technological events that happened in 2024. This is a subjective list in an arbitrary order, which mainly concerns Ukraine. Some events from it may seem less significant, others more. You can supplement it in the comments with what caused you the biggest "facepalm" this year. But here is what made us cry.

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.

In recent years, many companies have postponed corporate holidays due to the war in order to save money or redirect the budget to support the army. This year, the traditions of celebrating the New Year are being revived and reformatted. dev.ua found out how Ukrainian IT companies celebrated the arrival of the New Year and what they gave their employees.

Yesim is a global provider of virtual SIM (eSIM) solutions. Founded in 2019 in Switzerland, the company provides fast connectivity through mobile digital solutions in 200+ countries around the world. For the Yesim team, their customers are the key to success, so the company's services are built around meeting the needs of both individual users and B2B. In this article, we will talk about the advantages of Yesim's product, how to choose the most profitable tariff plan, and how Yesim helps you avoid a lot of inconvenience with a huge number of SIM cards while traveling.

The pre-Christmas and holiday season is turning into a real cybersecurity test for businesses. At first glance, it seems that everything around is already breathing the holiday spirit and Christmas spirit, but it is at this time that cybercriminals especially intensify their illegal activities.

Anton Bolshakov, founder of the game development company AB Games, best known for the f2p game Hidden City, shared his view on the state of the Ukrainian gaming industry and commented on the cooperation with the publisher G5 Entertainment, which decided to return to the Russian market.

Today, it was announced that the Ukrainian startup Deus Robotics has secured $3 million in investments from local funds. The contributors include 1991 Ventures, SID VP, Sigma Software Labs, and SD Capital, co-owned by Andriy Stavnitser and Philip Hrushko. This latest round brings Deus Robotics' total funding to $6.6 million. Following this investment, the company’s valuation has risen by one-third to $20 million. At the ForbesTech conference in November, we spoke with Antonina Iermeichuk, COO and co-founder of Deus Robotics. She shared insights on the company’s traction, explained why they don’t view Amazon as a competitor, and discussed their strategic shift to focus on software by outsourcing the production of smart robots to partners. We’re publishing this brief interview below.

Anton Bolshakov, founder of game development company AB Games, known for the shareware game Hidden City, said that it has already earned $500 million and has a million active players per month. He also said that AB Games has its own server with the Stable Diffusion AI for creating graphics.

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.

Why do employees stay with one employer for 10 or more years? And how do they grow during this period? These questions interest many, because nowadays staying with one employer for such a long time is more of a choice for individuals than a mass trend. dev.ua found such a story. Darya Omelyanenko has gone through a long career path from customer support, through testing and to business analytics in 10 years, and now shares her experience. Next is her straightforward speech.

The Christmas holiday season is a time of gifts and pleasant surprises. When choosing gifts for relatives, colleagues and friends, people usually try to invest meaning and benefit in them, so that the presented thing, service, emotion is useful and brings positive emotions to everyone. dev.ua asked Ukrainian top managers in IT what gift they would choose for a colleague if they became Secret Santa and had the opportunity to give him a useful course for developing professional skills. We also found out what skills are necessary for every modern specialist and what is definitely worth studying in 2025.

The Parker Solar Probe will approach the Sun closer than any man-made object in history before Christmas.