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Architecture at the start 🏁 A ready-to-use AI solution at the finish 🏆 Join us on December 16 at a meetup where we’ll talk about the strategic and technical principles of building AI-ready enterprise systems. Let’s discuss how to align business goals with architectural decisions, when AI is truly needed and when automation is enough, and how to design scalable, secure, and compliant systems. 🎙️ Speakers: Dzmitry Pintusau, Solution Architect, Andersen – more than 8 years of experience in designing scalable and secure enterprise systems. Igor Khodyko, Lead Developer – Java developer and Founder of Java-Holic-Club. This meetup will be valuable for developers, analysts, architects, and anyone interested in understanding how modern AI solutions are built. 🎟️ Register here ⏰ Time: 19:00 (Minsk time)/17:00 (CET) ⌛ Duration: 2 hours 🗣️ Language: Russian 📍 Offline: Andersen’s office in Minsk 💻 Online: The link to the stream will be sent to your email specified in the registration form

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🧩Talking one language – in business and beyond! Join us on December 11 at a meetup with Natallia Lamkina, Head of Sales Coordinators at Andersen. We’ll speak about how cultural differences shape business communication. You’ll learn how to adapt your communication style to different countries, build trust, and avoid misunderstandings in international teams. 📌 We’ll discuss: – What “culture” means in business, and how it shapes communication styles; – How to find a common ground with colleagues and customers from around the world; – Effective strategies for communication and negotiation in multicultural teams; – Case studies and real-world examples of cross-cultural situations. 🎟️ Register here Meetup details: ⏰ Time: 19:00 (Minsk time, GMT+3)/17:00 (CET) 🕒 Duration: 1-1.5 hours 🗣️ Language: Russian 📍 Offline: Andersen’s office in Minsk 💻 Online: The link to the stream will be sent to your email specified in the registration form See you soon 👋

How to Interview Smarter: A Practical Playbook for Candidates (QA-friendly, but useful to all) The HR/Recruiter screen Don’t dive deep into stack minutiae—they usually won’t know. - Do get a clear picture of: What the product does, production status, team size/structure, methodology (Scrum/Kanban). - Employment terms: compensation breakdown (take-home), contract type, remote/office cadence, on-call/after-hours, travel. - Goal: confirm the frame is right before investing time. The Technical interview Now ask the questions that determine your day-to-day: - Process reality: working hours, meeting load, on-call, frequency of “all-hands/team-building.” - Engineering hygiene: linters, tests, CI/CD, environments, release cadence. - Technical debt: how it’s tracked/prioritized; time reserved to pay it down. - Overtime: how often, under what conditions, and is it compensated? - Team fit: “What kind of person thrives here?” (listen for specifics). - Recent hard problem.... Read more on ours LinkedIn page

Found a gem for learning SQL: SQL Noir — Detective SQL Game Imagine a noir-style training ground where you solve cases by writing queries. SQL Noir is an interactive platform that teaches database skills through detective stories. You get a dataset and a short brief with the context, the investigation goal, and what evidence to look for—then it’s up to your SQL. What’s inside - 6 story-driven cases with full, well-designed databases. - Difficulty ramps from basic SELECT to JOINs and subqueries. - Clear briefs that sharpen both query skills and analytical thinking. - Free to use—great for students, analysts, and QA/engineers upskilling on data. It’s a fun, effective way to practice SQL and build problem-solving muscles—wrapped in a stylish noir atmosphere. If you’re brushing up on data work or prepping for interviews, this is an easy win. https://www.sqlnoir.com/