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

Correlation?

[l810c]

4th largest Geek Population?

Maybe this would explain why there seem to be so many Hot, Available Ukrainian Women looking to get out.

Re:Correlation?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, who modded this funny? Have you check that link? (+1 Informative)!

--dhj

Small typo

[Anonymous Coward]

Both the submitter and the FA author seem to have misspelled "Elbonia."

in

[Konster]

In the former Soviet Union, the software compiled YOU!

Re:Quality Not Quantity

[yobbo]

And it's entirely possible that feeding nuclear radiation into people's skulls has breeded a race of super programmers.

A Message From PAACA

[Anonymous Coward]

(People Against Akward Car Analogies)

What the fuck do cars, human evolution, and type R stickers have to do with the price of eggs in russia?! Not everything is analogous to a car. Give it up!

Re:A Message From PAACA

[deimtee]

Well, think of it like this - some analogies are like sports cars fast, sleek, expensive and to the point. The ones you want to avoid are the SUVs, big, clunky and wasteful of space.

Re:I'm shocked, so shocked.

[Daniel832US]

Organized crime bosses who refuse to let companies set up shop without bribes?
But they'll give you a better exchange rate US Dollars-->Hryvnia than the banks...

Re:hold on

[mnmn]

They can?

Re:hold on

[eobanb]

I wouldn't think that emulating India is really the way to go

Yah, they should just run it natively.

Classic Seinfeld

[cdsr]

[Kramer and Newman are playing Risk...] Newman: I'm not beaten yet. I still have armies in the Ukraine. Kramer: Ha ha, the Ukraine. Do you know what the Ukraine is? It's a sitting duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It's feeble. I think it's time to put the hurt on the Ukraine. Ukrainian: I come from Ukraine. You not say Ukraine weak. Kramer: Yeah, well we're playing a game here, pal. Ukrainian: Ukraine is game to you?! Howbout I take your little board and smash it!! The Ukrainian pounds the game board, destroying it and sending army pieces flying.

Re:Quality Not Quantity

[plopez]

I believe it was Stalin who said 'Quantity has a quality all its own'. How that applies to IT (vs military might), I am not sure but it seeems an appropriate qoute.

How about Nigeria?

[rahard]

With the amount of spam generated from Nigeria,
I would have thought that Nigeria would made it to the list.
No?

Re:Not exactly

[Gi77 B4t35]

Investment pours into uncertain economies like Russia after the end of the Cold War

Unfortunately, the returns on that investment don't always pour out of them.

Re:ASK SLASHDOT: What language to learn

[Registered Coward v2]

I need to pick up a foreign language elective. Should I learn Russian, Ukrainian, German, or another? (note: not French, Spanish, or Italian. I hate everyone who speaks those)

Pick the one with hot babes that you like. Nothing motivates learning like the possibility of a sleeping dictonary.

What Unit?

[boatboy]

Sure, maybe the 4th largest by quantity, but the US has the largest programmer population by volume.