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When people talk about international education for IT professionals, they usually imagine moving to the States or Britain, a sky-high price tag, and years of waiting. But the reality of 2026 looks different: you can get an American diploma, study English, and do internships in global companies — and at the same time stay in Ukraine, without giving up your job and family. American University Kyiv (AUK) is a university in partnership with Arizona State University, where both fresh bachelors and experienced engineers who decided to add systems education to their practice study. We asked three students to tell their stories — from doubts before admission to the real impact on their careers.

40 years ago, the world’s largest man-made accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Tens of thousands of people joined the ranks of liquidators to contain the growth of deadly radiation contamination. Today’s story is about Serhiy Mykolayovych, who gave the Zone of Alienation for almost three years, working as a liquidator driver. He saw the first refugees from Pripyat, the incomparable nature of the Zone, hid radioactive equipment under tons of concrete and played music on the piano for his fellow liquidators. The dev.ua journalist talked to his father, a liquidator, who, despite his age, is an avid gamer, and his favorite game is the cult STALKER series, where he returns to familiar landscapes again and again.

In Threads, a mobilized IT guy with the nickname oncceuponatime_dude keeps a diary about how he ended up in the army. We’ve already told you about his experience from «gentle busification» and a night in the CCK barracks to his first day in the battalion . This is the second part of the confessions and discoveries of an AIT member, which we are publishing with his permission. Here the author talks about the BZVP, training to serve as an assault rifleman and infantryman, the mood at the training center, and the impossibility of solitude for even a minute.