How coronavirus is changing the IT sector in Ukraine and the world

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The situation of recent months is changing the world forever - it's time to rebuild and adapt to new conditions. We see real "bottlenecks" of our businesses - all that remains is to become stronger. Experts from the IT recruitment agency INDIGO Tech Recruiters analyzed what decisions companies in the IT sector are making to adapt to changes.



Today we can already state: the IT sector has suffered less than others. Although there are different stories here too — yes, Airbnb, beloved by many, is forced to lay off 1,900 employees from 7,500, UberEats is closing in some countries, including Ukraine (which is surprising, given the demand for food delivery). Outsourcing has suffered, especially that related to cayman islands number data tourism. Game developers are feeling good — in a number of companies things went even better than before quarantine. And the number of vacancies in the game development industry increased by 11% in April.

Even the World Health Organization encourages playing games - they say they encourage people to stay home instead of walking the streets with the risk of infection.

18 global gaming companies responded instantly by launching the #PlayApartTogether initiative. Among them are Activision, Blizzard, Riot Games, Amazon Appstore, Pocket Gems, Twitch, YouTube Gaming.
are offering exclusive rewards to players, opening up more features in free versions, and even embedding COVID-19 messages into games. For the first time in its history, the shooter CS: GO was played by a million people simultaneously.

Although not everyone is happy here - esports companies have suffered, they are also adapting, moving all their activities online.

Overall, the coronavirus crisis has stimulated the growth of software development. Things are not so rosy in the hardware industry - it is remotely impossible to produce physical products. Even Apple had to postpone the presentation of a new budget smartphone.