Past, Present and Future

Past, Present and Future

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Past, Present and Future episodes

  • Conversation with Cory Hutchison on startup mindset, building and retaining engineering teams and being part of fast-growing companies

    In this episode  Maciej speaks with Cory Hutchison. Cory is a seasoned manager in software development, having experience both in startups and big companies. Cory was an employee number 2 at  US-based unicorn startup company OneTrust and currently, he is VP of Engineering at another unicorn startup Booksy.

    In the interview, Maciej and Cory discuss:

    The correlation between a vision of product owners and engineering teams (2:00)

    The challenges of an  IT executive in a fast-growing company  (3:00)

    Startup as a mentality  (7:00)

    The unicorn startup One Trust and its  stages of growth (11:00)

    The challenges of  B2C business (23:00)

    The most challenging stage regarding hiring and managing people at a fast-growing company (24:45)

    Three best and three worst practices in growing a startup (28:40)

    US vs European start-up culture in practice  (34:00)

    The role of managers in turquoise  organisations  (44:00)

    Did Agile overpromise?   (49:00)

    Working with distributed teams   (54:00)


    Links:

    Links to Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spreaker: https://sherpasearch.tech/en/blog/

    Videocast on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/711831436 

    Cory Hutchison on Linkedin

    Maciej Szczerba on Linkedin

    1 hr 1 min
  • We already have commercial quantum computers. But will we reach a quantum business advantage in the future?

    In this episode, Maciej speaks with Paweł Gora. Paweł is a scientist in the area of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence but most of all in the area of quantum computing. Paweł is also an entrepreneur, co-founder and advisor in startups: Letme AI and Broomee Technologies, leader of engineering teams in scientific projects, founder and CEO of Quantum AI Foundation.

    In the interview, Maciej and Paweł  discuss:

    • What is quantum mechanics and how it transforms into quantum computing (01:51)
    • Discoveries made at the beginning of the 20th century led to a new understanding of our world on the micro-scale   (3:54)
    • Niels Bohr and his contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory  (4:16)
    • The Landauer  principle and Moore’s law  (7:45)
    • Bit and qubit (12:15)
    • Why quits are faster than bits?   (14:00)
    • The experiment of Google in the area of  quantum supremacy  (17:28)
    • Examples of quantum computing applications in a real life (20:00)
    • The costs of quantum computing (23:00)
    • Applications of quantum computing in ML / AI  (24:10)
    • Quantum error correction   (29:00)
    • Will quantum computing break blockchain? The impact of quantum computing on cybersecurity  (32:00)
    • Blockchain (36:45)
    • PAweł’s activity as an entrepreneur  (Co-Founder and advisor of two startups ”Letme AI” and „Broomee Technologies”   (39:00)
    • How is it to work in both domains: research and entrepreneurship and advantages of combining both domains  (42:00)
    • The state of IT  R&D projects in Poland, including projects related to quantum computing  (52:00)
    • Quantum AI Foundation  and its educational activity related to  popularising  quantum computing (meetups, workshops, hackathons and contests)  (1:02)
      • Links:

      Links to Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spreaker: https://sherpasearch.tech/en/blog/

      Videocast on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/702158688 

      Paweł Gora on Linkedin

      Quantum AI Foundation

      Maciej Szczerba on Linkedin

      1 hr 10 min
    • Is the role of the CTO dead in the world of agile and turquoise organizations?

      In this episode  Maciej speaks with Jan Przybyło. Jan is a seasoned CTO  experienced both in startups and the big tech companies, European working with US startups, a passionate about Agile and currently CTO at  FamGenix.

      In the interview, Maciej and Jan discuss:
      • Is the role of the CTO dead in the world of agile and turquoise organizations?
      • The relation between engineering department in technology organizations  and business departments   (3:19)
      • Real agile, self-managing teams, how they approach and come through tough  times in a company (8:30)
      • What may happen with the team when the company gets acquired (9:40)
      • Why the team needs a person who they trust and stay loyal to (10:25)
      • CTO, CIO, CDO, VP of Engineering -  in what situations and context the differences between those terms do matter  (11:24)
      • Shall the performance of the CTO / CIO be assessed upon secured profit? (13:00)
      • What should be CTO / CIO’s performance assessed upon in a modern approach?  (13:20)
      • Why putting an „agile approach” on top of a specific team doesn’t guarantee a continuing growth of this team? (16:50)
      • The role and the background  of a successful  CDO (Chief Digital Officer)  in volatile times  (23:00)
      • The differences in managing software development process  in Europa and in the USA  (29:00)
      • The war in Ukraine, how it can impact the IT market and availability of IT talent.  (32:45)
      • IT security issues from the perspective of CTO nowadays - methods and tools to prevent attacks  (45:00)

        • Links:

        Links to Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spreaker: https://sherpasearch.tech/en/blog/

        Videocast on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/695446996 

        "A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility”, Mark Schwartz

        Jan Przybyło on LinkedIn

        Maciej Szczerba on LinkedIn

        57 min

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      "Past, Present & Future" is a podcast on technology and the impact of technology on our both social and economic lives, hosted by Maciej Szczerba, Wojciech Regulski and Krzysztof Jędrzejewski. The…