Russia: Brain Drain - First wave of relocation of 55.000 IT specialists

[RealDude]

Russia to Rent Tech-Savvy Prisoners to Corporate IT?​

”žFaced with a brain drain of smart people fleeing the country following its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation is floating a new strategy to address a worsening shortage of qualified information technology experts: Forcing tech-savvy people within the nation's prison population to perform low-cost IT work for domestic companies.“

ФСИН намерена привлекать осужденных IT-специалистов к удаленной работе на бизнес

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/russia-to-rent-tech-savvy-prisoners-to-corporate-it/#comments

 

[KDX]

RealDude said:

Russia to Rent Tech-Savvy Prisoners to Corporate IT?​

”žFaced with a brain drain of smart people fleeing the country following its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation is floating a new strategy to address a worsening shortage of qualified information technology experts: Forcing tech-savvy people within the nation's prison population to perform low-cost IT work for domestic companies.“

ФСИН намерена привлекать осужденных IT-специалистов к удаленной работе на бизнес

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/russia-to-rent-tech-savvy-prisoners-to-corporate-it/#comments
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If that's true, that is just absolutely hilarious lol

 

[Golden Fleece]

RealDude said:

Russia to Rent Tech-Savvy Prisoners to Corporate IT?​

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/russia-to-rent-tech-savvy-prisoners-to-corporate-it/#comments
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Wow, that article is so surreal that it sounds almost as if it were written by The Onion, an American digital media company that publishes satirical articles. But it is actually real.

I can now see how Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn got inspired by his satire and parody of Soviet culture.