Maksut Shadayev, Head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said that during the meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the government, the personnel shortage in the Russian IT industry is 500-700 thousand people. interfax.
According to him, this number of developers is necessary “to maintain the high pace of development of the industry.”
The minister estimated the total number of IT professionals currently working in the country at 740,000 people. He also added that the number of employees of Russian IT companies increased by 13% last year, and the workforce base of the industry grew.
11 July BIA Technologies’ Lead HR Manager (business integrator and software developer) Tatyana Kolpakova saidthat the majority of IT professionals returning from abroad do not plan to stay in Russia permanently.
Alexander Khachiyan, head of AWG IT integrator and co-founder of SkillStaff IT specialist hire company, in an interview with socialbites.ca knowledgeableIt will be extremely difficult for “young people” to find a job in Russia in 2023.
Former Ministry of Digital Affairs employees prohibited use Apple devices at work.