TECHTABOO

Martin Hochel presents his opinion on the JavaScript framework wars and lays out the good and the bad of open source. Martin also imparts his experience as both a speaker and attendee at international tech events, the outcomes of a forced 50-50 (male-female) speaker ratio and dealing with self-proclaimed know-it-alls at events and in the office.

Petr Burian explains his point of view on the balance between good tech and good developers and common instances when CTOs and senior managers overstep their boundaries. Petr then goes on to describe how to keep employees during a time when IT companies are fighting for workfare as well as using old tech in modern times and dealing with legacy code.

Vrata Kalenda exposes the truth about companies selling junior developers as seniors and explains how to identify and cope with burnout before it’s too late.Vráťa further discusses gender issues and equality in IT, whether or not project managers are necessary in all cases and the impact of AI in the future world of tech.

Karol Danko provides his thoughts on Czech vs. US developers, gives personal insight into interviewing and firing people and explains the issues with companies cheaping out on development. Karol also shares his biggest fuck-up and the lessons he’s learned as a result and in addition he mentions what tech leaders don’t want the public to know.