Kharkov as an Outsourcing Center
Kharkov is definitely the best city in Ukraine for establishing a software outsourcing center. If you take Ukraine, there are two main outsourcing centers – Kharkov and Kiev. Kiev has lots of major companies and a wide range of representatives which create a great IT environment but quickly raise the general requirements (i.e. corporate culture, employee care and most important – the salaries) to international corporative standards. Also as the capital Kiev is growing to be a European city and this means higher prices and more expensive living conditions. At this moment it still makes sense to establish a software development center in Kiev, but in few years it will become ineffective.
If we take Kharkov, the situation is completely different. Kharkov is the IT Mecca of Ukraine. The city has three major technical universities: Kharkiv National University, Kharkov National Polytechnic University and Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and a large number of small private schools and academies focused on technical education and math. These universities constantly provide the human resources market with new programmers and engineers. The living conditions in the city are more suitable than in Kiev. Due to this factor establishing a
nd managing a software development center in Kharkov is way easier and much more effective than in Kiev. The third advantage is a great scientific background of Kharkov. The city was one of the main scientific centers of the Soviet Union and made a huge contribution to the Soviet Space Program, Aviation, Energy and Warfare. It is much easier to solve some serious issues involving science and math in the city where the software for famous Sputniks was originally coded. So today there is nothing unusual about the fact that the city of great scientists has brought up a new generation of great IT specialists.
As a conclusion we can take tree main advantages of Kharkov.
1. Perfect living conditions for an outsourcing country
2. A large amount of well trained craft
3. Immense scientific past of the city
So choosing Kharkov as a place for establishing a long-term cooperation in software development area is the right decision!