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IT Park editorials: what to read in a spare time?

IT Park was established in 2019, exactly three years ago, at the initiative of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Over the years of its existence, IT Park has turned from a small organization into the largest IT hub in Central Asia. It makes a huge contribution to the development of the startup ecosystem, the growth of local IT companies, and the popularization of IT education. It has a significant impact on the development of high-tech industry and the creation of an IT culture and IT community in Uzbekistan.

In addition to holding various events and projects aimed at the progress of the IT industry, one can also note the information work carried out by the organization.

Every day, the creative team of IT Park prepares news from the world of information technology in Uzbekistan and not only, acquaints readers with the events that take place in the IT industry and talks about the success of IT specialists.

On the pages of IT Park one can find interesting editorials.

So, since the beginning of 2022, the “History of an IT Specialist” column has started, where readers are introduced to the stories of young IT specialists in Uzbekistan, who, despite their age, have achieved great success in their work and good earnings. These young talents prove that loving what you do and hard work can lead a person to great victories.

You can read all the articles in this section here:

1. The story of the “IT-specialist”: how to earn $800 per month at the age of 21?

2. IT guy’s story: Making $1000 a month at 20 is real!

3. The story of IT-specialist: how to earn $1300 per month at 25?

4. IT professional’s story: how can a student make $1200 per month?

5. Techie’s story: can a 20 year-old IT professional make 1000$ a month?

6. The story of IT-specialist: how does a young talent earn about $500 a month?

7. The story of IT-specialist: how does a tenth grader earn about $500 a month?

8. The story of IT-specialist: how does a student earn $2,000 a month?

9. Techie’s story: how to earn $1000 a month at the age of 24?

10. Expert’s story: graphic designer who earns $1000 a month

11. The story of IT-specialist: over $700 a month in programming

In May 2022, IT Park launched an up-to-date column dedicated to IT specialists who relocated to Uzbekistan.

Within the framework of the project, the interviewees tell what prompted them to move, why they chose Uzbekistan specifically, whether they had to face difficulties during the first time of their stay in the new territory (for example, red-tape, difficulties with registration etc.). ). In addition, the guests of the project share their impressions about the country and local people and tell what they liked and did not like in Tashkent, what cities they managed to visit, and, of course, their appreciation for delicious Uzbek cuisine.

1. Marat Baiburin from “Exadel”: “One can sense oriental modesty in every detail”— lead developer about his life in Tashkent

2. «It feels like in Minsk here, but with oriental touch» — Aliaksei Sychou, Head of Java Technologies development at EPAM Uzbekistan

3. ‘I might stay here’ – PHP developer at Itransition Evgenii Krysanov about his life in Uzbekistan

4. 'To list everything I don’t like would be easier'— iTechArt software developer Uladzislau N. about his life in Uzbekistan

5. ‘The country has quite a unique market and a colossal pace of development' - the founder of several IT companies Alexander Baklanov’s thought on Uzbekistan

6. “Prospects in the IT sector is one of the advantages Uzbekistan has” — Itransition specialist Timur Mindarov’s opinion on Uzbekistan

In July, IT Park’s creative team launched the Startup Story column about startup projects that took part in the AloqaTech Lab program. Startupers shared the history of the project's creation: what inspired them to create such a product, how they started their work on the project, what difficulties awaited them at the initial stages, future plans to promote and develop the projects and also gave their own advice to novice startup founders.

Everyone's favorite “Startup Story” column has come to an end in September, but you can read the articles published at the links below:

1. Startup story: how Nigora Akilova and her team launched Beautify.uz

2. Startup Story: Stanislav Tsoi’s story about launching ‘My accountant Online’ project

3. Startup Story: Azizbek Kurbonov’s project ‘Sug'urta Bozor’

4. Startup Story: founders’ narrative of the projects Carbozor and Monetary

5. Startup Story: how project Kale was created

6. Startup story: how Bakhrom Ruzmatov and his team launched Digital SAAS

7. Startup Story: how project ArzonArenda was created?

8. Startup Story: How a student managed to launch the wide-scale startup?

9. Startup Story: cash register automation project ‘Cashier’

10. Startup Story: how the problem of finding technology inspired the launch of the project

11. Startup Story: project that was inspired by the search for a supplier

12. Startup Story: a project that helps find like-minded people

13. Startup Story: a project that helps scale up Wi-Fi

14. Startup Story: the project created for travel enthusiasts

IT Park adheres to the position that there is no gender discrimination in the IT sector. Everyone no matter their gender can build the career in this industry.

Since the Startup Story column was successful among subscribers, in September IT Park launched a similar one called Female Startup. This time we decided to talk about startups that were initiated and launched by females. The purpose is to convey to the public that girls and women can equally build a career in this industry. Well, the stories of these girls are definitely a proof:

1. Female Startup: the startup for those willing to beat procrastination

2. Female startup: an issue with delivery that inspired the startup

3. Female Startup: how a project was created to help visually impaired people

4. Female startup: a project that helps identify serious disease

In order to motivate young IT specialists, IT Park decided to launch an interesting column about the success of Uzbek developers working abroad in large international companies. So, in August 2022, a project called ICT Story (Our fellow uzbeks abroad) appeared on the pages of IT Park. To date, only 2 materials have been published, but since this section is completely new, even more exciting stories are ahead.

1. ICT story: how an Uzbek guy conquered Google

2. ICT story: how an Uzbek guy ended up in Uber

In addition to that, interviews and analytical materials timed to coincide with certain dates and events are periodically published on the IT Park website and social media pages. These interviews and articles reflect cooperation with partners, organization’s plans for export development, highlights of the roadshow and achievements of IT Park for the entire period from its establishment to the present day.