Welcome to the first episode of Fwdays Global Tech Talks!

In today’s podcast, our regular speakers — Inna Ivashchuk and Kyrylo Melnychuk — are joined by special guest Iulian Serban, Founder & CEO of Korbit | PhD in AI (Mila), to explore the journey behind Korbit.ai, its architecture, AI-driven challenges, and what the future holds for software engineers in an AI-first world.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - About Korbit.ai
02:52 - What inspired you to start Korbit.ai?
06:05 - Customers feedbacks. Code review
14:51 - Overview of High Level Architecture of Korbit.ai
20:22 - Data Security and Privacy
21:59 - System Optimization and Financial Strategies
25:20 - Technological Challenges and Ecosystem Diversity
30:47 - Кorbit.ai team
30:54 - Qualities Korbit.ai looks for in new hires
34:44 - Perfect software engineer profile: Learning advice for beginners
36:39 - The future of product engineering: Coding vs Prompting
39:45 - Are Juniors still needed in the age of AI? No Juniors, no Seniors?
43:59 - Preparing for an AI-first future as a new software engineer
45:34 - АІ tools in your daily workflow
47:04 - What’s next for IT as AI evolves?

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