Past, Present and Future

By Maciej Szczerba

"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... more

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How many episodes does Past, Present and Future have?

The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.

Past, Present and Future episodes:

May 27, 2022 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
...more
1h 1min
May 27, 2022We 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
...more
1h 10min
May 27, 2022Is 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
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57min

FAQs about Past, Present and Future:

How many episodes does Past, Present and Future have?

The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.