The biggest stupidity in domestic retail and service is that everything starts working at 10:00. A couple of stores that managed to overcome themselves, step outside the box, do some work on themselves — they open at 9:00. But not a single store or service will open at 8 …

If you’re the CTO and you haven’t programmed in a long time, I recommend taking some current project and implementing a new feature or fixing a couple of bugs.

It’s like being a “secret shopper” in a supermarket. It may turn out that the goods are expired …

The stupidest thing in the world is educational events under the slogan “Practice only, no theory.”

Know this: the presenters at such events are charlatans and crooks.

A person who doesn’t know the theory of their field is an ignoramus, incapable of learning, incapable of analytical and abstract thinking …

One of the key differences between a professional and a nonprofessional is that a professional works just as well without internet access as with it. A professional doesn’t need Google, a tutorial, or a reference manual. The first sign of a nonprofessional is the phrase: “Everything is on the …

It hurts me a lot to watch the education crisis in our country. I experience it as a personal tragedy. What made me write this note was an incident that happened in one of the programming-related chats.

One day, a chat participant posted a photo of the theoretical problems he …

I’ve coined a new word:

softogenic (software + -genic) — being the consequence, the result of using some piece of software.

The word programogenic can also be used in this sense.

In English: softogenic (software + -genic).

For example: a softogenic disaster — a disaster caused by errors in software.

Write it down …

Before the end of the year, I want to manage to make the most important hire of my life. 

I need a personal assistant, full-time in the office. 

Candidate profile: a “seven-armed octopus.” 

My daily tasks:

1. Managing and developing Design and Test Lab. 

2. Managing and developing the First Institute of …

People are writing that, apparently, a new education reform has been passed. I have no idea what’s in it, but I’m obliged to have an opinion.

So. If it doesn’t specify a minimum take-home salary for a schoolteacher or university instructor of 10,000 (ten thousand) hryvnias …

We’re looking for an intern for two weeks, for manual testing of mobile applications and an Internet TV set according to pre-prepared test scenarios.

Required skills:
— English: reading test scenarios, reading Jira, writing reports, writing in Jira;

For the internship, the intern will receive compensation. The especially talented will …

I taught at the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics from 2008 to 2016. When I was a student, I didn’t think I would become a lecturer and educator. Closer to graduation I realized that: a) I liked helping other students figure things out; b) in some things I …