Timestamps: (00:00) – Intro, “This or  that game.” (02:20) – Myth or Truth#1: Consulting = Delivery. (04:15) – Myth or Truth#2: The intensity of consulting projects is the same as delivery. (07:15) – Myth or Truth #3: Reusing artifacts from previous consultancy projects for future ones is easy. (08:20) – Myth or Truth#4: It’s the result of consultancy that matters. (13:17) – Myth or Truth #5: Having tech skills is enough to become a tech consultant. (19:20) – Outro. N.B: This IT coffee break podcast has been recorded in collaboration with the Magenta Podcast Studio at Magenta Experience  Center in Prague.

Is it true that user experience and user interface are the same?  Is the field of UX Design really driven by technology?  We asked Aleksei Suprunov, a Senior Designer at EPAM, to bust the most widespread myths about User experience design.  Tune in to find out what we learned. Timestamps: · (00:00) – Intro, “This or that game” · (01:25) – Myth or Truth #1: UX = UI. · (07:05) – Myth or Truth #2: UX is expensive. · (09:55) – Myth or Truth #3: UX is everyone’s cup of tea. · (11:25) – Myth or Truth #4: UX is driven by technology. · (14:35) – Myth or Truth #5: It’s easy to find a job or shift to a Designer career. · (22:35) – Outro

Meet our newest colleague, Dominika Hruskova.  She joined EPAM three months ago and has great plans for this year.  Let’s explore her professional and personal journey. N.B: We start a new season of our IT coffee break podcast in collaboration with the Magenta Podcast Studio in Magenta Experience Center in Prague.

Join us as Sever Pop – Business Analysis Team Leader at EPAM, discusses some common BA myths and truths, and learn more about the role of a Business Analyst. Timestamps: · (00:00) – Intro, “This or that game.” · (01:45) – Myth or Truth#1: Business Analyst (BA) professionals must have an IT background with strong technical skills. · (04:15) – Myth or Truth#2: BAs require a business background. · (09:30) – Myth or Truth#3: Business Analysis is all about documentation and requirements management, so there’s no role for a BA on an Agile Team. · (15:30) – Myth or Truth#4: BA is about working with large datasets, number crunching and statistics · (25:30) – Myth or Truth#5: It is easy to shift to a BA career · (26:30) – Main takeaways and Outro

To help raise awareness for the Open Source (OS) projects at EPAM, we connected with Christopher Howard - Lead Open Source Program Manager at EPAM, and asked him a few questions! Timestamps: · (00:00) – Intro, “This or that game” · (01:15) – Meet our co-host Chris Howard - Open-Source (OS) Lead at EPAM UK · (02:30) – FAQ#1: What are the hidden costs of the OS software? · (04:45) – FAQ#2: Why is there an upper trend of adopting OS projects? · (07:00) – FAQ#3: Open-Source office (OSPO) at EPAM · (08:30) – FAQ#4: OS projects at EPAM. OS contributor index · (11:30) – FAQ#5: How to join OS projects at EPAM? · (13:00) – FAQ#6: How does OS fit into the larger business goals of EPAM? · (15:15) – FAQ#7: OS community at EPAM · (17:30) – FAQ#8: Consultancy offerings at EPAM: OS excellence · (20:30) – FAQ#9: Why contribute to OS projects? · (23:15) – FAQ#10: Why use GitHub? · (24:30) – FAQ#11: What’s the value of OS? · (26:15) – Outro

Today we virtually step inside EPAM’s new office in the tech hub of Eastern Slovakia: Košice. Our guides are Scrum Master Zuzana Klimekova and Project Manager Liudmyla Melnykova. They share insider information about EPAM Košice. Listen on and tune in to learn all the details. TIMESTAMPS: · (00:00) – Intro, Quiz · (03:30) – Q#1: Why did EPAM build an additional office in Košice? · (04:50) – Q#2: WFH vs WFO mode: what are the opportunities at EPAM Slovakia? · (08:45) – Q#3: What’s it like working at EPAM Slovakia? · (12:45) – Q#4: What are the projects and tech stack at EPAM Slovakia? · (15:45) – Q#5: What are the benefits of working at EPAM Slovakia? · (20:15) – Q#6: What opportunities for career advancement are there in EPAM Slovakia? · (22:00) – Q#7: How the projects are set up in EPAM Slovakia? · (26:45) – Main takeaways and Outro

Today’s interview features Zuzana Klimekova, an experienced Scrum Master at EPAM Slovakia. Let’s explore more about her professional and personal journey!

A happy coincidence brought Jitka Tarhonska, People Lead of EPAM Czech Republic, to EPAM almost four years ago. She was about to terminate her employment with another company and decided to post her CV on a website. And in just 30 minutes, she received a call from an EPAM recruiter. She was so impressed with such speed and efficiency. How is EPAM so efficient and what is it like working at EPAM? Those are some of the tricky questions we’ve received from our readers and listeners who may be future EPAMers. Let’s learn from Jitka as she answers some FAQs. Timestamps: · (00:00) – Intro, Quiz · (02:20) – FAQ#1: Why join EPAM Czech Republic? · (06:10) – FAQ#2: What’s it like working at EPAM Czech Republic? · (10:25) – FAQ#3: Are EPAMers happy with their work? · (14:45) – FAQ#4: What’s the community life at EPAM like? · (22:30) – FAQ#5: Where can you find all information about open positions? · (28:45) – Main takeaways and Outro

Vítáme Vás u naší první epizody v češtině!📢 Naším dnešním hostem je Jitka Tarhonská, šéfka personálního oddělení v EPAMu Česká Republika.🙋‍♀️ S ní probereme čím se zbývá EPAM, a zda-li jsou u EPAMu zaměstnanci spokojení! Příjemný poslech!🎧

Mastering the language of your new country is a big part of your integration journey. At EPAM Czech Republic, we have Czech language courses for EPAMers and their family members so they can feel at home in Prague. However, we still hear a lot of myths about the Czech language. We’ve sat down with our Czech language trainer, Jakub Seiner, to understand how to learn Czech quickly and enjoy it. Timestamps: (00:00) – Intro, Quiz (01:45) – Myth or Truth #1: Czech is one of the most challenging languages in the world (02:55) – How to learn Czech from scratch? (04:05) – How to incorporate Czech in your life? (07:10) – Small habits: how to stay in contact with authentic Czech? (10:10) – Myth or Truth # 2: the Czech language is a musical, totally phonetic language (11:25) – Pronunciation workshop: Strč prst skrz krk. Tři sta třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes tři sta třicet tři stříbrných střech (13:05) – Myth or Truth # 3: Slavic speakers have an advantage in learning Czech (14:00) – What’s the logic of the Czech Grammar? (16:45) – Myth or Truth # 4: Spoken Czech is a “real life” Czech, it’s different from a written Czech (17:50) – Czech slang: when appropriate and how to learn it? (18:45) – Myth or Truth # 5: If you are an expat, you’ll never speak fluent Czech (19:45) – What Czech level is right for a comfortable living and integration into a Czech society? (22:05) – How to improve Czech writing skills? (23:30) – Typical mistakes in Czech (25:10) – Czech “lost in translation” words (27:00) – Czech idioms workshop: o Zlom vaz! o Ranní ptáče dál doskáče (28:25) – Czech language courses at EPAM (30:35) – IT Czech (31:35) – Main takeaways and Outro