All posts written by Dimitri Gonatas

April 8, 2024

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Dear valued customer and partner, we wanted to share with you an exciting update on our end — we're officially BEE level 2 compliant!
Optimism about the stability of the growth in the country is high. Many people ask the question, “so the UAE has been growing significantly year-on-year for the last 20-30 years. When does this stop?” It seems like it's not going to stop as the growth is sustainably driven by a multitude of factors - not just oil.

March 4, 2024

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A different way of doing business…not VC-centric

December 13, 2023

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Serverless vs Frameworks architecture has to be one of the most talked about topics in the office. It’s contentious and sparks massive debate when discussed in open since both architecture types have evangelical proponents - this radicalisation of certain technologies occurs too often in our industry, in our office too, but that’s a topic for another day.

September 21, 2023

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The Polish software outsourcing industry is calling. So we listened and asked, what does this mean for us and our clients? We had to take a trip to understand this region deeper, perform first-hand research, and understand how we can leverage this globally relevant tech region for our teams and clients. The Kool-Aid never tasted so good.
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Does it feel like tech employee salaries are doubling every 5 years? Hiring and sustaining tech teams has become extremely expensive and time-consuming, and J. Powel might have a lot to do with it.
With The Great Resignation afoot, many large companies in South Africa, the US and globally are finding their staff churn rates go through the roof (or rather, out the door). This is a huge problem, perhaps one of the most devastating silent killers of any company.

April 11, 2022

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The last month has been our most important for PYGIO. We have gained new clients and grew our existing base by 20%. Each of our clients are happy and winning because of our products and services.

December 12, 2021

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I am glad to be back home in Johannesburg, South Africa. Had I stayed in Kyiv any longer, I would have had to go up in pants size fairly soon. If you like food, and I am guessing that most of you do, then you need to get to Kyiv.

October 21, 2021

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This month, we ate Borscht and exchanged jokes with the PYGIO teams in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv. Although we adopt a "work-from-anywhere" culture, it was wonderful to meet our teams in person from across Ukraine.

October 9, 2021

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Greetings from Frankfurt -> next stop, Kyiv!