The IT brain drain

Polish IT workers, like the bulk of the Polish workforce, tend to look for permanent contracts, and are reluctant to take up temporary project jobs. This is why they look for better career opportunities abroad. Foreign employers are often more willing to invest in their workers and young scientists abroad usually have better technical support and more advanced technologies at their disposal.

What contributes to the shortage of specialists is the fact that sciences and IT are not particularly popular among students. According to the Education Research Institute, only six percent of those finishing secondary school decide to continue their education in scientific universities, and only 14 percent want to take up technology studies.