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Cavendish Professionals joined the technology community at GDG Kraków DevFest 2026 to host Tech Talk: Elevate Together – The Live Mentoring Sessions, bringing together experienced technology leaders and professionals for an engaging discussion on career development, leadership and professional growth.
Held at Klaster Innowacji Społeczno-Gospodarczych Zabłocie 20.22 on 10 October, the session explored how professionals at every stage can learn from the experiences, turning points and lessons that shape a career in technology. Rather than a traditional keynote, attendees put their own questions directly to the panel, and a clear theme emerged: learning has no career level, whether you’re taking your first steps into technology or moving into leadership.
Speaker Insights
Hosted by Adrian Duffy, Head of Technology at Cavendish Professionals, the session featured five panellists bringing experience from across the technology industry:
- Łukasz Domoradzki – Senior Director at GE HealthCare
- Katarzyna Jolanta Osuch-Bukowska – Director of Platform Engineering at FedEx Dataworks
- Tomasz Manugiewicz – General Manager at evoke Poland, author and keynote speaker
- Andrei Sheleh – Director of Engineering at Splunk
- Krystyna Pietrzykowska – Head of Technology Center at Hitachi Energy
Each brought a different perspective, and three in particular stood out.
1. The end of the single career path
Responding to an audience question, Tomasz Manugiewicz, predicted that there will soon be no purely engineering or purely management career path. In what is currently an employers’ market, companies can set a high bar. Tomasz looks for candidates who can use automation to write code while understanding what sits behind it and how the platform is designed. He also wants people who can coordinate work across teams and speak directly to the business.
2. Technology is important, but people make the difference
Krystyna Pietrzykowska stressed that in an industry evolving at this pace, people remain the real differentiator. Tools, platforms and processes will keep changing, but it is the people who choose how to use them, solve problems together and turn new technology into real results who create lasting impact.
Her perspective was a reminder that investing in people, through mentoring, development and building strong teams, matters as much as investing in the technology itself.
3. The most valued skills in the hiring process
Asked by the audience which skills employers value most when hiring, Andrei Sheleh pointed to soft skills. With technology shifting every three to six months, it is increasingly hard to predict which technical skills a workforce will need next. Soft skills transfer across roles and technologies, making candidates who have them especially attractive: they can adapt quickly and help drive change rather than simply keep up with it.
Łukasz Domoradzki agreed, adding that it is refreshing to work with people who think critically rather than relying on AI, and who can be decisive in a fast-paced environment.
