Szymon Śmigasiewicz

🎙 Thrilled to be part of #BluzBrothersPodcast! We discussed everything you need to know about transitioning into IT careers: 🤔 Is it the right move for you? 📚Top learning resources & strategies 💼My personal journey into the tech world Put on your headphones and join us on this journey into the world of IT! 🔊

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🚀 Exciting News: I've Completed the "AI_devs2" Course! 🚀 I am thrilled to announce that I have successfully completed the "AI_devs2" course, a comprehensive program designed to dive deep into the world of Generative AI, focusing on OpenAI's GPT-4 technology. This course has armed me with the skills to program and automate processes using GPT-4, setting a new benchmark in my professional development. 🤖 Throughout this journey, I had the privilege of learning from some of the brightest minds in the industry, who brought real-world applications and cutting-edge research into the classroom. The curriculum was a perfect amalgamation of theoretical foundations and practical implementations, helping me understand the nuances of Generative AI technologies and their transformative potential.🌟 One of the highlights was gaining hands-on experience with OpenAI models, which allowed me to build, test, and refine AI-driven applications. This sharpened my technical skills and enriched my problem-solving strategies, making me better equipped to tackle complex challenges in the AI space. 💻 The course also delved deep into AI's ethical considerations and societal impacts, a crucial aspect that enriches the technological discourse. Discussions around AI ethics have inspired me to advocate for responsible AI usage and to strive to implement AI solutions that are both innovative and ethical. 🌐 As I receive my certificate, I am not just celebrating the end of a course but the beginning of a journey. Armed with the knowledge and skills confirmed by this certification, I am eager to explore new opportunities where I can apply my learning to drive impact. 🚀 To my instructors, peers, and everyone involved in the "AI_devs2" program, thank you for making this one of the best educational experiences I've ever had. Your mentorship, support, and insights have been invaluable. 🔥 Jakub Mrugalski Mateusz Chrobok Adam Gospodarczyk Here’s to future projects where I can bring all these learnings to life! Let's connect and explore potential collaborations that leverage AI to solve real-world problems. 🌐🤖 #AI_devs2 #aidevs #AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #GPT4 #Programming #Automation #ContinuousLearning #ProfessionalGrowth

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In two weeks from now I will be talking about #database #systems #architecure at #wroclaw #jug. This is a summary of my six years at Neo4j, https://lnkd.in/e6YRQAwM. Even if you don't plan to write new shiny database system, this can still be relevant at your daily work and struggles with databases. And don't miss out my friend Tomasz Michalski talk about building career in IT, he know this stuff ;)

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Do you hire developers based on technical skills alone? It could be costing you.  Many companies make this mistake, believing that if a developer can code well, they’ll automatically thrive in the team. But this is not always the case. I have a client in Krakow who specifically hires Java Engineers who can have a “normal conversation" about software, clean code practices, and general life. But most importantly someone he can get along with. If they can do that, he’s usually ready to hire them. However, if they don’t fit culturally, it doesn’t matter if they’ve coded at Google, have an Oxbridge education, or have a long list of technical achievements. They won’t get the job. This is also not unique. According to Leaders.com, approximately 80% of employers take personality into account when making hiring decisions. Also research from Harvard Business Review found that 40-60% of hiring managers admit to hiring candidates who resemble them in terms of background, values, or attitudes. None of this mentions their skills. The ability to mesh with the team and collaborate is non-negotiable. Some people picture developers as introverted hackers, coding away in dark rooms, surrounded by empty energy drink cans. The stereotype that developers don’t need social skills in my opinion, comes from how they’re portrayed in Hollywood (Die Hard 4 was what came to mind when writing this). In reality, developers are part of cross-functional teams. They interact with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders daily. They need to explain complex ideas, collaborate on solutions, and contribute to the team’s overall culture. A developer who can’t work well with others or communicate effectively can disrupt workflows, no matter how technically gifted they are. It’s like having the most advanced software that no one knows how to use. What’s the point? The best hires are those who fit into your culture and can contribute to the team dynamic - not just those who can write the cleanest code. So if you’re only hiring based on technical skills, you might be missing out on your most valuable assets: collaboration, communication, and cultural fit. Skills get you in the door, but culture fit keeps you there. Do you take culture fit into account when hiring engineers?  #SoftwareEngineering #PolandTech #TechRecruitment #PolandJobs #CultureFit #DeveloperLife #WorkplaceCulture #TechRecruitment

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Quick engineering salary comparison based on the #DEVBG stats from 2023 and 2024 in the Bulgarian IT industry. Dev.bg publish yearly a summary of the Bulgarian IT engineering salaries based on the job openings offers on their platform. https://lnkd.in/dNU5MD8D (2023 stats) https://lnkd.in/dX_dxvP7 (2024 stats) Based on the population data (let's assume it's a proper representation of the real world) we can determine the following: 1. PHP should be dead but it isn't (unfortunately) as it's one of the two categories with growing salaries in all job positions and ranges. 2. The second is the full stack development with a minimum drop of 65 levas in the first MID range(2-5 years) 3. All ranges except the Senior level(5+ years of experience) have a drop in salary compared to 2023 but for some seem negligible compared to the notion in the industry that "it's going down and AI will take over the world" :) 4. We can see that seniority still counts and there is now a shift towards growth of salaries of more senior people compared to others as the market tries to regulate. 5. There is still a lot of green for a "dying" and "shrinking" industry. P.S To anyone interested I can share the excel if needed but it's quite straightforward to generate it. *Legend: Diff min Mid - difference in the minimum ranges for a category between 2023 and 2024 Diff max Mid - difference in the maximum ranges for a category between 2023 and 2024 Diff min Sen - difference in the minimum ranges for a category between 2023 and 2024 Diff max Sen - difference in the maximum ranges for a category between 2023 and 2024 Diff min Sen Median - difference in the minimum ranges based on the provided median from dev.bg for a category between 2023 and 2024 Diff max Sen Median - difference in the maximum ranges based on the provided median from dev.bg for a category between 2023 and 2024

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DevOps Salaries in Hungary: A Quick Update 💼 Over the past two weeks, the DevOps job market in Hungary has remained steady. If you're at a Junior level, finding a job might be challenging. Across popular platforms like NoFluffJobs and Profession, I only came across one listing from NIX. However, if you're a Mid or Senior level professional, you’ve got plenty of options to choose from! The market is brimming with opportunities tailored to different preferences and skill sets. In the category of top-paying remote positions (especially in the crypto space), here are the standout roles: Platforms Engineer: 12,500 EUR SRE: 17,349 EUR #job #salary #salaryDevOps

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Departing for Krakow and the LambdaDays conference where I'll be speaking how it's not only possible but desirable to create full stack web applications in #fsharp adopting the core principles of functional programming with data, types and values. Are you creating web applications today using JS / TS, React and .NET technologies? All of these popular technologies play beautifully with the FP paradigm.

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Here's the lineup for the 10th edition of DevOpsDays Warsaw - check out the AGENDA! 🔜 devopsdays.pl/#schedule Get ready for two days filled with: ➡️ inspiring lectures ➡️ Open Spaces ➡️ Ignite Talks and an evening afterparty for a networking boost! ✨ Save the date! Register until midnight to save 17% on tickets: https://lnkd.in/dDi3NyBE And if you’re already with us, make sure to let your friends know. Let’s stir the DevOps community! 💪 #DevOps #DevOpsDays #Warsaw #DevOpsCommunity

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In the last couple of weeks, I have had many conversations with Krzysztof Przekwas and Artemi Krauczanka about the critical values of Software craftsmanship. For me: - Code should be simple and readable for all seniors and newbies in the project. - When unnecessary, try to avoid complicated patterns; maybe Kafka or MediatR is an overkill for your project. - You may have a tiny domain, or you built a simple integration to connect two systems, so it is stateless, mainly integration via REST API on the left and right site. - Remember there is a development phase and maintenance - is your code ready to be maintained? Thank you, Isaac Abraham, for the slide on the presentation (and also for the presentation about Functional Programming on .NET - The Best of Both Worlds https://lnkd.in/eiwzFUZe) PS> As a side note, I'm also in the phase of my career to merge services to optimize cost or remove a lot of unused code from the projects, and you?

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We are looking for Unicorns in Łódź and Warsaw 🦄—for the very rare position of Senior Database Architect in Pavel Nekrasov's Group. I spoke with Sviatoslav Stepanov, our Senior Data Engineer, about this position and the data projects in our company.   👉 Sviat, what is particularly important about this position?   This engineer will be working for one of the world's largest providers of financial services to institutional investors. The development of microservices will be key to this position—focusing on the system architecture, establishing communication patterns, managing data consistency, ensuring scalability and performance optimization. This person will act as a team manager—overseeing a group of developers and communicating with our customer. It's a bit like a Unicorn position because such specialists are very rare.   👉 And what do you like in projects in Vention? Every new project is a challenge because in data engineering, each customer uses a different scope and set of technologies. Customers mix providers and different languages to process and store data. For example, you might use the same tools in a typical development project, but here, it’s always a new application. Each customer chooses different tools based on their budget or previous experience, so it’s always a new challenge, and you’re always learning.   👉 Challenging! And how do you like working in our company in general? I like the feeling of close friendship between the people. It’s like a close-knit community.   Sounds like Vention 😉 Link to the vacancy in the comments!

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What makes a good offer for custom software development services? 🤔 In the previous article, Bartosz Michałowski discussed the ten biggest pitfalls to avoid when preparing an IT project specification. Now, let's discuss another part of the equation — an offer for custom software development services. Once you have prepared a good IT project spec, you expect to get a good offer from IT service providers. 🚀 But what does that mean? Here is the list of criteria that such an offer should fulfill - a short buyer’s guide for 2024. 💪 #projectspecification #softwaredevelopment #itproject

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Last month at ANIXE, we had some training sessions titled “Unlocking Agility & Ways of Working” for our employees. 📚 Our Agile trainer, Magdalena Walaszkowski, brought so much passion to this! 💪 Why are these types of training important? We asked Magda. 😊 Read what she had to say. 💬 "The overall workshop aimed to establish a foundational understanding of the agile framework and set the ground rules for future collaboration. 🚀 To work effectively in an agile framework, it's crucial to understand what it is and the company's reasons for adopting it. During our workshop, we explored agility as a value system and its practical applications in daily work. 📈 Teams learned the key principles of the framework and the purpose of regular meetings. 🤝 Understanding individual working styles and team member needs is essential for creating a psychologically safe environment. 🛡️ This fosters better collaboration and teamwork. Recognizing this, squads shared their working preferences and used them to define initial working agreements. 📝 Signing off on these agreements ensures everyone feels accountable to them. ✅"

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Every employer wants to have employees who know how to use a mouse. This skill is on demand. In this video we will cover basics and some advanced techniques that will help you get your dream job 30x faster https://lnkd.in/dNGids-e

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As we highlighted in the latest Fabrity Talks podcast episode, selecting the appropriate tech stack stands as a pivotal choice in your software development journey. 📈 This decision holds the potential to significantly impact the outcome —whether it leads to success or failure for your project. 👨‍💻 Drawing upon our expertise, Bartosz Michałowski has crafted a short guide to assist you in making well-informed decisions. Because the main objective is to build a functional solution that aligns seamlessly with your business goals. 🚀 #techstack #softwaredevelopment #cto #cio #appdevelopment

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Two weeks ago I was on Founders Mind conference, I was looking for some new opportunities, or tips what I could do after taking up the position of a senior tech role in IT Company, and one of my goals was to go to such conferences. I met there Piotr, who gave me such advice, to start publishing on Li, and give myself from one year back advices. first thought, what could I share, do I have anything. Second thought: start looking outside of normal duties, try to bring extra value to the company, meet new people, help people to develop. So during my work I started looking for new opportunities, and found tech community, and started supporting them little after a little, and after some time was co-organizing hackathon. very interesting experience. also gave some new observation about myself, I like strategic thinking, and by looking outside of the box I found my new interest. So advice to myself: look outside of the box. Will see, maybe will try to share regularly as advised.

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Soon, on May 8th, we're gathering at WarsawJS Meetup #114, which will take place at the Packhelp headquarters. We've prepared a truly exceptional agenda for you with three incredibly interesting lectures! 🚀 👨‍🏫 Tomasz Ducin — Back in the game: Recent Revolutionary Changes in Angular 👨‍🏫 📝 Description: Angular has been perceived as a rather complex framework by some, yet it's used massively by enterprise-scale systems. Whether we agree with the criticism or not, the framework is undergoing a monumental transformation. In recent months, Angular is experiencing a period of frequent and significant updates and - at least considering previous years of stagnation - groundbreaking changes. These include not only the features, public API and architecture, but also to the mental models that developers come up with. 👨‍🏫 Michał Trojanowski — Securing Single Page Applications Using The Token Handler Pattern 👨‍🏫 📝 Description: Single Page Applications appear simple at first sight. Web developers provide a superb user experience, and it is also relatively easy to implement token-based security in the browser. Yet this is against current best practices for browser-based apps, and security concerns can become a blocking issue. It is instead recommended to implement a Backend for Frontend (BFF), to reduce browser threats. Yet this often results in the adoption of website technologies to issue secure cookies, which can work against other web architecture goals. In this talk, I will show how a separation of web and API concerns can give you the best choices. In the talk, I will present the Token Handler pattern — Curity's variation of the Backend For Frontend approach. I will show the open-source projects we created to facilitate the implementation of the pattern. 👨‍🏫 Tobiasz Ciesielski — TailwindCSS - Why you should have it in your project? 👨‍🏫 📝 Description: Tailwind has become the most popular styling framework. More than 8 million downloads per week via npm. Why has it become so popular? What are its advantages and disadvantages? Why did we decide to migrate to tailwind in Prowly? What are the good and bad practices of using the framework? I will answer all these questions. These lectures are not only a great opportunity to gain new knowledge but also to meet other technology enthusiasts! Don't miss out on this event! 😉 Tickets are already available, so don't wait and reserve your spot now! 👇 🔖 Tickets: https://lnkd.in/dhXVXwpf See you at WarsawJS Meetup #114! 💫 #WarsawJS #Meetup #Programming #JavaScript

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With Vitali Svishchev, we are currently looking for skilled .NET engineers to join our teams in Vention Warsaw. Besides technical requirements, what is important in this role? And what does Vitali's team have to offer? We spoke a bit on this topic.   👉 What are the characteristics of your ideal candidate in terms of soft skills? What fits your group and team best?   "What's important to me is the candidate's open and proactive mindset. I'm proud of developers and engineers who are building their career paths and improving their skills, and it's even better when such a person is thinking about involving at the company level. It's important to engage in the company's technical activities to gain extra knowledge and share experience with others. Like in life, it's crucial not only to receive but also to give something to others. People with a social mindset are highly appreciated."   👉 As a manager, what could you offer this person, and what does your group have to offer?   "In our department, we're improving the expertise of our engineers in different spheres. We provide an atmosphere of collaboration where one developer can help another. We support personal improvement plans with technical and non-technical aspects, including advice, sharing experiences, certifications, and book recommendations. We also offer opportunities to broaden technology stacks and get closer to the business side, such as involvement in pre-sales or client calls. This helps developers who want to grow into architect or solution architect positions."   👉 What's specifically cool about us at the company level?   "If you want to build your career, are interested in growing your skills, and take on more responsibilities, it's always possible here. Also, our employees are really open to helping others and sharing their expertise. We're not bound to any specific structure, so you can reach out to someone from another country and just have a person-to-person conversation. If a person is open to communication, they'll easily find support and others with the same interest in technology."   Sounds encouraging! If you want to work with Vitali, check out these positions: Middle .NET Engineer: https://bit.ly/3S7divz Senior .NET Engineer: https://bit.ly/4f7qNp4

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📣 Presenting the full agenda for WarsawJS Meetup #117! 📣 The event will take place on August 14th at the fantastic BEC Poland headquarters. Check out what we have prepared for you: ► Robert Pasiński — Deep Dive into JS task scheduling We’ll go deep into what are tasks in JavaScript context, what is the difference between micro-task and macro-task, when they are run and how they are scheduled. I’m gonna go through the APIs like requestIdleCallback, requestAnimationFrame, and other that allow us to leverage the scheduling mechanism and highlight the bottlenecks. You can also expect a glimpse of how these are implemented under the hood in JS engines. ► Inez Okulska, — RAG vs GPTs fine-tuning - who wins? Natural language interfaces for information retrieval are very appealing. Hence, the popularity of GPTs for quick fine-tuning of GPT models. Are they reliable enough, though? When and why do we need more complex solutions like RAG systems? We’ll analyze this using the hAI Magazine case study. ► Jerzy N. — How to build real-time video processing web app Do you want to create a real-time video processing application? That's excellent, but have you considered how to handle delays, video compression, and high infrastructure costs? At ShareTheBoard, we thoroughly analyzed these challenges, tested various approaches, and ultimately succeeded in developing a web application that allows you to share digitized data with remote meeting participants. In this session, we will discuss the biggest challenges we faced and describe our final architecture. Join us to listen to experts in their fields and learn more about JavaScript, GPTs, and real-time video processing. It’s a great opportunity to gain new knowledge and make valuable connections! 🧠👥 🎟️ Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/dtZmKC5G We can't wait to see you at WarsawJS Meetup #117! 🫂🤝 #WarsawJS #Meetup #TechEvents #WebDevelopment

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Ever wondered how an IT career evolves from an intern to a leader?     Meet Krzysztof, our lion at Consileon Polska!    Starting as an intern 15 years ago, Krzysztof's journey is a testament to perseverance and growth. Now a Senior Java Developer and Project Team Leader, he exemplifies our commitment to long-term relationships with both clients and team members.    In our exclusive interview for the student fair, Krzysztof shares his insights. He discusses the evolution of the IT industry, the challenges he faced, and how he overcame intense competition early in his career.     Ready to hear more? Check out Krzysztof's full interview and see if your IT journey is similar to Krzysztof's?  

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