Another VanHacker from Ukraine is now living the dream of working for a great company in a new country. Ilya Brotzky, our CEO, had a chat with Andriy Matchyshyn, a Ukrainian senior full stack who got hired abroad, in Calgary, Canada. They talked about Andriy\’s path to an international tech job and how VanHack was able to prepare and guide him throughout the hiring process.
We are so happy to help VanHackers around the world, but we are especially thrilled to announce that 22 Ukrainian software developers have found jobs thanks to our assistance and their hard work!
Moving abroad and becoming a father all at the same time
Finding work abroad was a life changing and timely opportunity for Andriy. \”I got the job offer five hours before the invasion. We knew something was going to happen so I wanted to do things as quickly as possible\”, he says. Andriy adds that the very next day after saying yes to the new job, he woke up to alarms and decided to leave his home. Andriy fled the country with his pregnant wife and crossed the border to Poland just a day before that was no longer possible.
Everything happened at the same time for Andriy and his family. The baby was born as they were settling in Poland and getting the paperwork done to move to Canada. \”The relocation was complicated because together with the VanHack team we decided to apply for a work visa. But soon after that, Canada started a program for Ukrainians that allowed us to work for three years with an open work permit. So we chose this program. After two month we got the visa. We waited a bit for our son to grow and get stronger then we flew to Canada. We had two weeks of jet lag but after that things were quite smooth\”.
Helping Ukrainian Software Developers Get Hired Abroad
To join in the international effort to support Ukraine, we started an initiative to help Ukrainian tech professionals get hired abroad. We are waiving placement fee for all Ukrainian tech hires and also encouraging employers to donate to verified Ukrainian-based charities in lieu of its placement fee.
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