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Oursourcing in Ukraine Market Study

Alex — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:07:12 +0000

GOAL produced a Outsourcing Industry in Ukraine 2007 study.

A lot of general information, completely useless for those who can use Wikipedia and Google News, yet good as a summary
A lot of copy-paste from external sources and within the document
Adequate salary data from developers.org.ua

Verdict: worth reading for those who have no idea about outsourcing in Ukraine or Ukraine as a country; otherwise request analysis directly from Ukrainian Community of Developers or a recruiting agency.

Agile Meeting in Kyiv

Alex — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:02:25 +0000

31 March 2007 at 11:00 a.m.
Kiev (Kyiv)
As the conference room depends on the number of attendees, the exact meeting place will be announced in a few days. Registration is closed.

The main languages of the meeting are Ukrainian and Russian.
The goal is to meet face-to-face and discuss the topics that are interested to everyone in order to exchange experience, share vision on common problems, find good ideas.
The format of the meeting is “round-table” discussions where everyone is welcomed to participate in the discussions.

Topics

Starting Scrum:

starting Scrum: why Scrum? where to start from?
how to “sell” Scrum to your customers: previous experiences? looking for new ideas
what Scrum gives to the team: past experience
estimation and planning: agile release, iteration planning: how it worked for us? where to start?

Advanced topics:

“100% done” as a key concept of Scrum and agile: what’s and whys
choosing iteration length: how to find the best for you?
user stories: what is it? what they bring? how to start? what are the known difficulties?
retrospectives as a heart of agile: why we need them? how to do them? what are the difficulties?

Details

Lvov Hotel

Sun Developer Day Kiev, October 20th, 2006

Alex — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:34:27 +0000

Features Simon Ritter, Joey Shen, Michael Li speaking about Solaris 10 and Java SE, NetBeans and Creator, Java EE5 and Glassfish project.

Details

Lviv Hotel

Microsoft Developer’s Day 2006 (Fall), Ukraine

Alex — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:17:36 +0000

October 27th – December 1st

Lviv Kiev Other cities

Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum ‘2006

Alex — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:09:24 +0000

In October, 26-27, 2006 the Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum `2006 will take place in Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine.

Details

CMMI Conference, September 27, 2006, Warsaw, Poland

Alex — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:42:18 +0000

Kugler Maag CIE and Software Mind invite to the Conference entitled CMMI Why Should You Care?, which will be held on 27th September 2006 in Warsaw. Experts from global organisations such as AXA Belgium, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Motorola will share their experiences and extensive knowledge with conference delegates through presentations and informal meetings.

Detailed conference agenda, presentations and materials, knowledgebase offering up-to-date CMMI content and articles on this topic, and conference registration forms.

Meet Bruce Eckel at Java Developers Day

Alex — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:52:55 +0000

Today is the last chance to get discount on registration.

Java Developers Day 2006 October 21st, 2006, Krakow, Poland

Prepare to Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) Exam in 17 days

Alex — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:39:16 +0000

General info

Now Sun Certified Associate for the Java Platform, Standard Edition, Exam Version 1.0 (CX-310-019) is available which is

a cheaper version
lighter to pass
requires general view
programmers do not really need this

Paper books

Free e-book from Mikalai Zaikin SCJP Tiger Study Guide

Mock tests and certification sites

We are hiring!

Alex — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:09:51 +0000

The best attract the best. Our most important potential are people!

Young, experienced, intelligent and ambitious. We are a creative and dynamic team attracting the best specialists. We offer innovative IT products for demanding corporate clients from Western Europe, the US, South America, and Eastern Asia.

Currently, for our rapidly growing Software Development Centre in Lviv we are looking for

Java/C++/Python Software Developers (ref no DEV/01/UKR/003)

contributing to positive work environment.

Benefits:

work with the best experts on the world-distributed projects
access to latest technologies and IT solutions
work on innovative projects in an international team
real influence on the development of the Lviv centre
possibility of training and work at the Software Mind HQ in Krakow, and in Company’s offices in Warsaw and London
competitive remuneration at European level

General Job Description:

analysing, designing, programming, debugging, testing, documenting, deploying, and maintaining application software
assuring quality of the code and observance of coding standards while conducting projects
staying abreast of state-of-the-art programming techniques, implementing them, and encouraging their implementation

Education: BS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent; MS degree in Computer Science preferred.

Valued Skills:

good communication skills in English, written and oral
commitment to life-long development of competences and skills
positive attitude to work and life

How to apply:

If you are ready to discover how far your talents can take you with Software Mind, please, email your CV and cover letter to joinus@softwaremind.pl.

According to Polish law regulations of non-misusing the private data please add as well – “I hereby authorize you to process my personal data included in my job application for the needs of the recruitment process (in accordance with the Personnel Protection Act 29.08.1997 no 133 position 883).”

Direction: Ukraine!

Alex — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:39:08 +0000

Grzegorz Mlynarchyk, VP of Software Mind, is interviewed by ComputerWorld about company development in Lviv

Ukrainian localization for WordPress

Alex — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:26:33 +0000

Full Ukrainian localization for WordPress 1.5 as seen on KinoBlog

Download wordpress-ua.zip

Hotel in Lvov

Computerworld about us

Alex — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:48:52 +0000

Software Mind looks for talents in Ukraine (in Polish)

Pictures from Prague

Alex — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:56:22 +0000

Pictures from Prague

Interview on ain.com

Alex — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:56:24 +0000

ain.com interviews me (in Russian) about KinoBlog project and blogging

IBM Conference “Innovations in Technology and Business” in Kiev, June 22

Alex — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:28:22 +0000

IBM invites to AKKO International Exhibition Center in Kiev for a daily conference “Innovations in Technology and Business” – anyone wants to listen to ads for free?

About the event – Program – Registration

Microsoft Developer’s Day 2006 in Lviv, June 20

Alex — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:01:59 +0000

Details and registration form: Microsoft Developer’s Day 2006 – Lviv, June 20

BEA Forum in Kiev, June 15

Alex — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:39:36 +0000

EPAM Systems holds BEA Forum with Peter Cooper-Ellis, executive vice president of the WebLogic Server Business Unit, as a guest star. Meeting will concentrate on the latest developments and tendencies in SOA product family. Details on EPAM Group web site (in Russian).

Original Eclipse – without sugar

Alex — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:47:03 +0000

Not fresh but yet refreshing solution

Borland to sell JBuilder and embrace Eclipse

Alex — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:02:50 +0000

After the several moves towards getting rid of JBuilder and supporting Eclipse, the only perpective Java IDE for Borland, company makes a definite move.

JDJ Readers’ choice 2005

Alex — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:47:10 +0000

Interesting facts about 2005 Java Developer’s Journal Readers’ Choice Awards:
1. Eclipse project won in 6 nominations but the best Java IDE is IntelliJ IDEA.
2. NetBeans platform is not mentioned in Best Rich Client Platform category.
3. Commercial products prevail over free and open-source.