Can students be professional software developers — IT in Kazakhstan — Meiirlan Suiirkhanov

Meiirlan Suiirkhanov, Software Engineer from Kazakhstan. He worked at big international companies and local startups being a student at the same time. In this video he will tell a lot of fascinating stories about IT industry in Kazakhstan — why it has so many startups for internal market and why the biggest part of community are students WHERE TO WATCH US AND LISTEN 🔸 YouTube: 🔸 Google Podcasts: 🔸 Apple Podcasts: 🔸 Spotify: 🔸 Download mp3: NAVIGATION 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - About Meiirlan 1:44 - Studying at university and working in a startup at the same time 5:10 - About computer science at Nazarbayev University 9:44 - How do software developers look for jobs in Kazakhstan 11:25 - Meiirlan’s experience with startup for internal market in Kazakhstan 14:27 - Story about internship at Meta 19:26 - Old-school real-world problems with modern digital startups 24:54 - Kazakhstan IT industry overview 29:19 - Biggest IT companies in Kazakhstan — what do they look like? 33:21 - What about salaries in Kazakhstan IT industry? 36:46 - Why Kazakhstan startups focus on local market, not the international one 41:25 - About Software developers community in Kazakhstan 45:38 - Which technologies are the most popular in Kazakhstan 46:37 - About popularity of competitive programming in Kazakhstan ANYWHERE CLUB ON INTERNET 🔸 Web: 🔸 Discord: 🔸 Instagram: #awclub #anywhereclub #ITinKazakhstan