The Ukrainian community in the Bay Area fear for their friends and family back in their homeland.
The family eventually moved to the Bay Area and worked hard to achieve their American and Silicon Valley dream.
“Parents are both well educated, my mom was a concert pianist with a master’s in music. Dad has a master’s in engineering, and they were both cleaning bathrooms, working at McDonald’s, dad was a janitor in an office building. Then finally got his break,” said Dmitry.Dmitry, who also advises a number of Silicon Valley companies, said they too are watching closely because many of their engineers live there and worry about what’ll happen to them.
“All of those resources are going to get, in some way shape or form, impacted. Whether, God forbid, they lose lives. They lose a home. They don’t even have anywhere to plug in a computer to even do the work they’re usually accustomed to doing,” said Dmitry. “That’s going to have an impact, because first and foremost you have to take care of your family, take care of your livelihood, and your well-being, of safety.” “It's not a war,” said Dmitry.
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