In which city of Russia to open a development office? Where are the strongest not too expensive developers?

Question

Business Informatics

For our projects we need web programmers, server programmers, iPhone programmers and Android programmers.
Opening a development office in Moscow is very expensive. Both the rent is expensive and the salary (for example, the salary of an iPhone programmer in Moscow is now about 100k rubles, in the regions it is much cheaper).
Thinking about some other city. I understand that the skill of a developer does not depend very much on the city in which he lives and on the university where he studied. But nevertheless, there is Moscow with such universities as the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Moscow State University, there is St. Petersburg with its St. Petersburg State University, in these cities there is definitely more choice of intelligent IT specialists, but they are very expensive. I heard that there are strong developers in Novosibirsk (at NSU, an academic campus). Also good reviews about Voronezh, Rostov, Samara, Yekaterinburg and Tomsk, also primarily due to universities. At the same time, in these cities, developers are much cheaper than in the capitals.
Who knows about this? Who has experience with programmers from these cities? Please share.
Thank you very much in advance.

Answer 1

Of course, in Ulyanovsk!
Ulyanovsk is the capital of web development!

Answer 2

Well, Ulyanovsk is home to big e-commerce solutions like Ecwid, X-Cart and LiteCommerce, cool iPhone apps like BuyBaton and Holiday Calendar. A branch of Echo/JS-Kit is based in Ulyanovsk. We have a very rich market of qualified and talented professionals, come and visit us :)

Answer 3

In Novosibirsk, I advise

Answer 4

As for Voronezh…
We have several companies involved in software development, such as DataArt and DSR. Two acquaintances work in DataArt.
As for universities, VSU has a Faculty of Computer Science (FSC), which churns out all sorts of IT specialists in batches. VSTU has a Faculty of Information Security Systems (ISS), there are also a lot of different kinds of computer scientists.
I won't say anything about the quality.
But here you need to understand that in any case it is necessary to grow a specialist, and the position “where to find good specialists at a low price” will not lead to anything good.

Answer 5

come to Yaroslavl

Answer 6

I can say, do not open it in Tver!
Many immediately look towards work in Moscow time or St. Petersburg, as you wrote because of the higher salary. Experienced Iphone and Android you will not find here either. And if you find them, they will not come out cheaper to you.

Answer 7

Also be aware that there is a lot of local demand for developers in some regions.

Answer 8

In Ufa, of course, offices are cheaper and salaries are more modest, but there is also a shortage of specialists.

Answer 9

I know that many Western companies recruit, for example, Russians, but they do not immediately hire them, but send them to study. for 1-3 monthly courses, at least.
Even the post on Habré was of a person who left for Cyprus, and he had to take courses.
Why are you worse?
1. Take promising young people, say, from a distant city.
2. Offer them to move to a bigger city or to the sea :) I would go to the sea myself.
3. Send to courses
4. Get employees.
Just sign a contract for at least a couple of years.
Well, there you already consider whether it is profitable or not.

Answer 10

By the way, why in Russia, open an office in Thailand. Even with all paperwork, visas, everything else will be cheaper, from taxes to an office with equipment, accommodation, recreation and motivation :)

Answer 11

We have quite a successful branch in Barnaul.

Answer 12

Nizhny Novgorod. UNN and NSTU prepare programmers, a city with a population of one million, not very far from Moscow. I can help with office organization

Answer 13

When choosing a city for opening an office, I would first ask how many departments and universities train programmers in the city? I once witnessed an epicfail of a company that opened an office in Yalta. They did not take into account a number of points:
1. There are no universities in the city that train programmers. Accordingly, there is no source for hunting.
2. Renting housing and living in the city, despite the fact that the sea is nearby and the type of the South Coast.
As a result, people were hunted all over Crimea, but no one wanted to go. I had to open an office in another city.
Therefore, ask if universities, how much it costs to rent housing. How many cities nearby from which you can hunt programmers.

Answer 14

Go to Innopolis, Tatarstan

Answer 15

In most other cities, there are no iphone and android programmers, or there are very few of them and they cost about the same.

Answer 16

Open in Yekaterinburg or Chelyabinsk - I will go to work with you as a project manager :)

Answer 17

read it :)
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Answer 18

Since there is nothing to catch in large cities, lure them by moving from all over Russia to some beautiful or resort towns. If the project is long-term, open an educational center, prepare specialists for yourself from talented local youth.