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I have a similar situation. 2 years ago I worked in Poland, and my backbone let me down, I can’t physically work anymore, I came home (I live in Ukraine), I was

I have a similar situation. 2 years ago I worked in Poland, and my backbone let me down, I can’t physically work anymore, I came home (I live in Ukraine), I was left without work, I’m sitting within 4 walls without leaving my house, realizing that there is no future - news you you know, we are at war, this is all driving me into a terrible depression, besides, I am now using an old laptop that howls in the heat, and I have to live on $150 a month, half of which is payment for housing, what can I do then? I know. I don’t have money for therapy, and they didn’t teach us to go to therapists here; you do everything yourself from birth without the help of others. people are gloating and angry, because there is a total lack of money. What saves me? hobby! When I found out that a refugee I know abroad started a free project - I started making templates for websites (I love HTML4 and even 3.2 that would work under DOS), and over the last 3 months I have made more than 60. Depression is in the blood of Ukrainians, hopelessness, I've always had this. If not for this, would I go abroad to work? No! many are lucky to be born in countries where they pay for work and do not need to leave. I worked abroad for 15 years, moving home, my son hardly remembered me, I divorced my wife in my 10th year because she slept with another man. During the coronavirus period (this was before the war), I sent all the money I had home because my mother got sick with breast cancer, all my savings went towards surgery. I no longer have close people except her. that's how we live. You're not the only one. brace yourself.

reaperman 2y ago
I just want to say that I’ve been super impressed with the work of Ukrainians, especially in software. Most people are familiar with JetBrains but I also worked with ThingsBoard and was the primary point of contact at my company interfacing with their Ukrainian Kyiv-based technical team. They were wonderful to work with and completed all our requests to a high quality, quickly, with excellent communication. Even in the beginning and middle of the war! Which felt absolutely insane to me - on one hand I was glad my company could support a Ukrainian business and provides families with income at the time, but on the other hand I always felt awful asking them to do things in the midst of a much larger emergency. Regardless, I have a deep respect for the professional ability of Ukrainian software developers.
- Turboblack 2y ago
  yes, there are a lot of smart people here. Do you know CMS Magento? their office is located in my city. I am grateful that our specialists are valued abroad, although politicians did everything to prevent them from going abroad. You can only work at home as an outsourcer, but through a company, you cannot go out and get a job like a normal person because your diploma is not subject to accreditation, the domestic market does not have any orders, even government orders are now carried out by some Indian company. our IT is being drowned in a swamp. it's horrible
barfbagginus 2y ago
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reaperman 2y ago

I just want to say that I’ve been super impressed with the work of Ukrainians, especially in software. Most people are familiar with JetBrains but I also worked with ThingsBoard and was the primary point of contact at my company interfacing with their Ukrainian Kyiv-based technical team. They were wonderful to work with and completed all our requests to a high quality, quickly, with excellent communication. Even in the beginning and middle of the war! Which felt absolutely insane to me - on one hand I was glad my company could support a Ukrainian business and provides families with income at the time, but on the other hand I always felt awful asking them to do things in the midst of a much larger emergency. Regardless, I have a deep respect for the professional ability of Ukrainian software developers.

Turboblack 2y ago
yes, there are a lot of smart people here. Do you know CMS Magento? their office is located in my city. I am grateful that our specialists are valued abroad, although politicians did everything to prevent them from going abroad. You can only work at home as an outsourcer, but through a company, you cannot go out and get a job like a normal person because your diploma is not subject to accreditation, the domestic market does not have any orders, even government orders are now carried out by some Indian company. our IT is being drowned in a swamp. it's horrible

barfbagginus 2y ago

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