They were mobilized in the Lviv region when they came to the military enlistment office "to clarify the data", without a medical examination. The story of an IT entrepreneur with 30 years of experience

On March 16, a message from Alice Korzh appeared on Facebook, who said that her father, a 48-year-old programmer, was mobilized. Sergey Korzh has been working in it for almost 30 years, .Net Developer, Software Architect, creator of EasyData and EasyQuery products, host of the internet technologies stream on iForum.ua he's also a business owner Korzh.com the main area of work is software components for various development platforms and tools (Delphi, .NET, ASP.NET the products are used by developers in more than 150 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, etc. Sergey's software is bought even by the US military.

In 2018, he founded a startup Aistant.com -service for creating automatic Q & A systems for automating the user support service using NLP.

According to the daughter, the father "was mobilized to the Security Regiment, using resources irrationally." We contacted Sergey, who at that time was in the distribution center, from where he and others were supposed to be transported directly to school. Both the programmer and his family note that he does not refuse to serve in the army, but they hope for a more competent distribution of people. Next — a story from the words of Sergey.

"Our house is not far from the road to Bucha, so it was very scary, they were constantly shooting"

I am an IT entrepreneur since 1998, I have a small business of my own: we make and sell components for .NET .in addition, I participated in the development of the service Mail.ua and for 13 years I have been managing the flow of "internet technologies" on iForum.ua.

We live in Irpen. At the time of the outbreak of the war, the children were abroad, and my wife and I delayed leaving for a long time. First of all, because of the cats, we have four of them: we didn't know how to carry them. Secondly, to be honest, like everyone else, at first we hoped that everything would end quickly.

Our house is not far from the road to Bucha, so it was very scary, they were constantly shooting. When it got too hot, they tried to leave for the first time on March 3. But it didn't work out: they turned us around near the village of Stoyanka, saying that it was dangerous. The next day we tried again and succeeded. A woman and a child were also taken out of Irpen with them. Miraculously, they managed at the last moment before enemy columns entered the city. Their second car was given to strangers so that they could take someone else out.

We have friends near Lviv, they offered to live with them. The husband of the woman we were taking out, a military man, also advised them to go to friends in Lviv. So we decided to go there. In a day we reached the city.

"We registered and issued a document with the note "come to clarify the data""

Upon arrival, as Internally Displaced Persons, we had to register with the village council. They immediately issue a referral to register for military service. The village where we were staying is located behind the Ring Road and belongs to another district, so we were sent to the military enlistment office in a neighboring city. I was registered and issued another document with the note "come to clarify the data". It also said Take your things with you.

From the experience of other friends who also moved, I knew that everything was exactly the same for them. They came in the next day, and they really explained what they were doing and said, "Okay, just sit down. And if it is necessary and we can't do without you, we will call you." That is, such a formality. I also hoped that somewhere it would be so. I will also note that I am a reserve officer, I only have the Military Department under my belt, which I graduated from 30 years ago.

The next day, March 15, when I came to "clarify the data", I reported, among other things, that I was an IT specialist. By the way, the document also indicated "passing a medical examination", but there was no medical examination: for some reason, it is not done for officers at all. I was told:"that's it, we will mobilize you, we will go now."

We were given a uniform and assigned to a security regiment that protects objects of strategic importance. Now we have to be transported from the distribution center to training, where we will meet our direct supervisor. As for interaction with the military, I can't say anything bad: everyone here behaves normally, does their job as best they can.

"I understand that the motherland needs help, but I think that there is a more rational application of our experience"

I'm not the only one here, there are several IT specialists. There are people with other military specialties, but for some reason everyone got into this Security Regiment. I met a man here, even older than me-he is 58 years old, also with a lot of experience in IT, I started during the Soviet Union.

I understand that the motherland needs help, but I think that there is still a more rational application of our experience. Of course, it would be better if they were called up last. All this time I was constantly doing something. When the war broke out, he sent letters to his clients all over the world to help them both informatively and financially. Many people wrote in response that they transferred money or went to rallies. Engaged in cyber attacks: now there are many instructions on how to do this. Like everyone else, he transferred money to the army. When we arrived in Lviv, we volunteered, helped to take something-to bring it.

Even now, everyone says that it is necessary to promote the economy so that those enterprises that can work work. My company, of course, can continue to function and be an additional source of foreign currency to the state. And even without me, components can continue to be sold, but, of course, not to the same extent, because you still constantly need to respond to user requests and release new versions.

"Those who came from Kiev, Dnipro, Kharkiv have about the same story"

I don't want it to look like I think I'm so special here... And that in general you need to focus on my case. I just have a feeling that here, in general, in the west of the country, such a mood: everyone who came to save themselves is being mobilized. Those who came from Kiev, Dnipro, and Kharkiv have about the same story. Therefore, I think that we need to talk about a general trend, which is not very correct.

Read the continuation of Sergey's story: how he became a platoon commander, where he needed IT experience, as well as the irreplaceable help of volunteers