The American told about the difference between Ukrainian programmers and colleagues from other countries.

The creator of the platform for the remote work of the team and the recruiting of Crossover specialists Andy Tribe told MC TodayHow Ukrainian developers differ from colleagues from other countries and how Crossover organizes 5 000 employees.

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Ukrainians help identify and resolve critical issues

I have been working with Ukrainian developers for more than 15 years. With Crossover, we entered the Ukrainian market about 2,5 years ago. Today, the company employs 90 Ukrainians, in six months we plan to double this figure.

The level of Ukrainian IT specialists is generally high. Three people from Ukraine work in the position of “vice-president of technology” (in total, the company around 60 holds such a position). In other words, 5% of people in leadership positions are Ukrainians. And on average, there are two times more specialists at the level of the chief architect with a salary of $ 100 thousand per year from Ukraine than from other countries.

Ukrainian developers have a number of important qualities that allow your country to enter the list of 10 strongest IT-powers in the world. They are distinguished by the ability to give aggressive, but objective feedback. Thus, Ukrainians help to identify problem areas and solve critical issues.

This is a good trait in terms of management, but it is not always quoted in working with other cultures, which can lead to collapse and disagreement in the work of the team. For example, in working with the Japanese. They do not like to go into the problems, and talk about them too. I know this because I come from Japan myself.

Ukrainians should believe in their own strength more

Ukrainian specialists should believe more in their own strength and enter the world arena. It is important not to be afraid of change and not to stay in one place. When a company offers a high level of income compared to the average market value in Ukraine, it encourages developers to stay in the same position for a long time.

Such a choice inhibits their development and growth, narrows the perception of the workflow and the ability to apply innovations, but not in our company, where a person can change the project and technologies at any time - if it does not harm the person and the project. To set more complicated tasks for each time is a crucial quality for development, especially in the IT industry.

In international practice, result-oriented specialists are always valued in global projects. For IT professionals there are no exceptions. It is very important to be active, implement technical ideas for the development of the project, as well as your own goals for self-development. Here is an example from my experience of working with Ukrainian specialists.

When Uber resigned from the American city of Austin because of a conflict with city officials, I decided to make a copy of this service. The task was not an easy one - 10 thousands of drivers who made 125 thousands of trips around the city at the same time were out of work, and we needed to restore all this volume.

Therefore, we created the RideAustin company and quickly assembled a team in which there were many Ukrainian developers.

It was important to make an approximate analogue of the Uber application with the entire infrastructure within four weeks. During this month we have accomplished the almost impossible. I still respect this team in general and Ukrainian developers in particular.

Firstly, because they are professionals and they have shown themselves well, and secondly, because they have completely devoted themselves to the development of this project. Very few teams in the world can repeat this experience.

In order to become citizens of the world, Ukrainians need to possess a number of personal qualities that need to be developed at a professional level. It is important to be ready to work from anywhere in the world and be able to adapt in a multinational team.

For this, it is necessary to clearly and clearly set the task for such a team, understanding the peculiarities of intercultural perception. You should also strive to expand ways to organize and control workflows.

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