Ukraine Holds 4th Largest Programmer Population

andrewuoft points out this BusinessWeek article on the budding technology sector of Ukraine; the article points out that Ukraine has -- "after the U.S., India, and Russia -- the fourth largest number of computer programmers in the world" and that "Even today, scientific institutes each year churn out some 50,000 science or technology graduates. Not surprisingly, Ukrainians don't see why their country can't become a big player in the global technology market, like India."

Comments

I can see why...

[museumpeace]

They hold the third largest population of phishers scammers and hackers.
Ukrainian programmers won't be the first to land fat outsourcing contracts: they are as mob-ridden as Russia and better known for This kind of programmer than India is.

Re:hold on

[Anonymous Coward]

hummmm. So should we go after the country that sold and trained Iraq in Bio Warefare (in the 80's)?

Perhaps, the country that trained Iraq in Chemical Warfare?

Or how about in their nuclear program?

How about the country that helped them launch attacks on another country (iran) and then basically allowed them to gas their own people?

Or the country that taught their dreaded security forces how to terrorize and control their population?

So who is that country? Why the same one that taught Al Qaeda. The same one that taught many of the columbians. The same one that installed Noriega in Panama and trained their forces on how to beat and rape their population.. The same one that installed the Shah in Iran. The same one that traded arms with the Iranians in the 80's.

Careful when speaking of morality. It is something that we lacked in the 80's and we severely lack now (we elected a lieing coward).

Russian brains

[geordieboy]

I've often felt that there is something in the makeup of the slavic brain which creates the potential for feats of mathematical and technical wizardry unavailable to the western mind. Several factors could be at work. Just as Murray Gell Mann taught himself particle physics from dusty old textbooks in second hand bookstores, perhaps the use of outdated educational materials in dilapidated classrooms fosters extreme tenacity and originality in predisposed minds. Or perhaps the lack of exposure to brain-toxic Western influences, the Britneys and the fast food, coupled with good wholesome fresh produce (including copious quantities of potatoes - boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew) leads to a growth spurt in the relevant areas of the cortex. I for one have welcomed, and continue to welcome, our Slavic overlords.