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About 5 percent of Armenian IT engineers choose to emigrate to foreign
countries each year
YEREVAN, May 15. / ARKA /. About 5 percent of Armenian IT engineers
choose to emigrate to foreign countries each year to seek better-paid
jobs, Karen Vardanyan, head of the Union of Information Technology
Enterprises (UITE), said today.
He specified that the brain drain takes out about 500 IT engineers
annually. He argued that people do not realize that they can engage in
international businesses without having to leave their country.
"We have good examples of this. Thus, the PicsArt product, created in
Armenia, now competes with photo sharing Instagram, which is an
indication that Armenian IT products are of high quality", Vardanyan
said.
PicsArt application was developed in November 2011 by a start-up
company, which employs 20-25 workers in Armenia, and six abroad,
particularly in California. At the initial stage the Android-based
application was launched on Google Play and since then it was
downloaded 35 million times. The company has also 2 million unique
users per day.
Vardanyan said the second reason behind the ongoing brain drain is
narrow career opportunities in the country.
"Some just do not see any prospects for their further growth here and
leave the country. We need to think about how to help these people to
create their own businesses in Armenia ", he said.
Vardanyan said this in mind, UITE has developed a plan of actions for
the development of technological entrepreneurship, which was sent to
the president of the country who was asked to take its patronage.
In turn, the president of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen
of Armenia Arsen Ghazaryan said shortage of qualified personnel is
becoming a serious problem. He explained that despite high level
unemployment there are many vacancies which are not occupied because
the candidates lack required skills. -0-
countries each year
YEREVAN, May 15. / ARKA /. About 5 percent of Armenian IT engineers
choose to emigrate to foreign countries each year to seek better-paid
jobs, Karen Vardanyan, head of the Union of Information Technology
Enterprises (UITE), said today.
He specified that the brain drain takes out about 500 IT engineers
annually. He argued that people do not realize that they can engage in
international businesses without having to leave their country.
"We have good examples of this. Thus, the PicsArt product, created in
Armenia, now competes with photo sharing Instagram, which is an
indication that Armenian IT products are of high quality", Vardanyan
said.
PicsArt application was developed in November 2011 by a start-up
company, which employs 20-25 workers in Armenia, and six abroad,
particularly in California. At the initial stage the Android-based
application was launched on Google Play and since then it was
downloaded 35 million times. The company has also 2 million unique
users per day.
Vardanyan said the second reason behind the ongoing brain drain is
narrow career opportunities in the country.
"Some just do not see any prospects for their further growth here and
leave the country. We need to think about how to help these people to
create their own businesses in Armenia ", he said.
Vardanyan said this in mind, UITE has developed a plan of actions for
the development of technological entrepreneurship, which was sent to
the president of the country who was asked to take its patronage.
In turn, the president of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen
of Armenia Arsen Ghazaryan said shortage of qualified personnel is
becoming a serious problem. He explained that despite high level
unemployment there are many vacancies which are not occupied because
the candidates lack required skills. -0-