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Which is a shame, because I remember there were a LOT of highly talented individuals in Russian academia right when the Soviet Union dissolved - owing to the SU
by DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
Which is a shame, because I remember there were a LOT of highly talented individuals in Russian academia right when the Soviet Union dissolved - owing to the SU's strong showing in mathematics research.
- ashtonkem 6y agoI believe that is exactly why companies like EPAM exist, to contract out the engineers left idle after the collapse of the USSR.
- varjag 6y agoThere's more or less noone working at EPAM in developer capacity who was an engineer before collapse of USSR, and it's been the case for a couple decades.
- ashtonkem 6y agoRight, but they would've been partially educated by the USSR's educational system, some of which would have outlived the USSR itself.