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Why is (isn't) it good to learn?
23 February 2024Interesting

Why is (isn't) it good to learn?

Over the course of my more than 20-year professional career, I have encountered many different approaches. I myself am working on my third degree and often teach, but I find the subject of learning very…

Generative AI in application development
17 October 2023Interesting

Generative AI in application development

Over the past twenty years, I have mostly helped the work of business areas that were not merely users of enterprise software but who, with their own knowledge and will, also contributed themselves to…

Data-driven application development
11 April 2023Applications

Data-driven application development

There are many different methods for planning a project, but for me there is only one approach that has truly proven itself. When we start a project, we usually do it because…

How does lettuce get to our table?
8 February 2023Interesting

How does lettuce get to our table?

Today I had the chance to take part in a factory visit at Eisberg's plant in Gyál, where Zoltan Gazsi gave a very vivid demonstration of just how complex and fragile the process is that lettuce…

The global elite
7 February 2023Interesting

The global elite

The other day I finished Zoltán Pogátsa's book about the global elite. On the one hand, I felt somewhat relieved, since I had to admit that the competition (or lack of it) in our country is far from…

What should be done in times of crisis?
20 November 2022Method

What should be done in times of crisis?

Many people come to me these days asking what should be done in times of crisis. Mostly, of course, they encourage buying expensive services. Let me summarize a few thoughts…

Untold Stories Conference
19 November 2022Training

Untold Stories Conference

Day by day I experience the struggles of running a business myself, so it's good to see how other businesses come into being out of nothing, and what can lead to failure. Judging by the crowd and the many…

The world's 10th richest man still works
7 November 2022Conference

The world's 10th richest man still works

At 78, Larry Ellison represents a professional standard that anyone could envy. Despite being the world's 10th richest man, he doesn't spend his retirement sipping cocktails on his private island…

Is it a problem if the best player isn't a team player?
23 September 2022Teamwork

Is it a problem if the best player isn't a team player?

Although I'm far removed from the world of football, news reached me that Cristiano Ronaldo, the 37-year-old, six-time Ballon d'Or winner…

Corporate training during COVID – lessons from a survey
6 August 2021Training

Corporate training during COVID – lessons from a survey

The year 2020 completely overturned the rules of working. "Home office" is no longer just a privilege for a lucky few,…

Digital transformation in the midst of COVID
15 April 2021Curiosity

Digital transformation in the midst of COVID

Do we still remember when IT and its manager were mainly responsible for running the mail and file servers, and making sure the latest version of Windows was installed? The…

Demand for professional programmers is declining
17 March 2021HR

Demand for professional programmers is declining

The low-code development tools market is producing growth of over 20% year over year, so revenue from rapid development tools will reach $13.8 billion this year. All of this despite…

Five steps that would change education
17 February 2021Method

Five steps that would change education

As a business owner, I consider the quality of our training the biggest shortcoming. Well, if I think about my children or job applicants, the first thing that comes to mind is also the quality of education, or rather its absence,…

The programmer I would hire
1 February 2021Training

The programmer I would hire

If I didn't have an IT company, the title would be different too. Say, the electrician, store manager, or chef I would hire, or something like that. Does the profession, the…

How to Resign?
20 January 2021Uncategorized

How to Resign?

When someone leaves their job, in a way it's a bit like a breakup. Of course, in a breakup it also matters whether I'm breaking up with you, or you are…

Life as a Woman in the IT Sector - Interview
11 January 2021Interesting

Life as a Woman in the IT Sector - Interview

IT has always been a field where male employees were in the majority. Although the workplace "pigeonholing" is starting to fade nowadays and fields are becoming more diverse, IT can still only claim…

How (Not) to Document?
6 January 2021Documentation

How (Not) to Document?

The main goal of documentation is to exist. And what is most common is that it doesn't. Accordingly, everyone wishes for it to exist, but a person inside the company who…

What Should Be Done for Onboarding?
21 December 2020Applications

What Should Be Done for Onboarding?

,Teamwork Every company, every workplace, sooner or later reaches the moment when someone has to be hired. Either because they're doing what they do very well, or because…

Let's Make an EXCEL Table!
16 December 2020Applications

Let's Make an EXCEL Table!

I have no idea where global warming will end up. Will the ocean swallow coastal cities? Will the ice at the poles disappear? Will the Gulf Stream stop? Will all the rainforests be cut down? One…

COVID - COoperation and VIvacity?
11 December 2020Uncategorized

COVID - COoperation and VIvacity?

I waited a full 15 years for home office. It might be hard to believe, and today it's downright unimaginable, but back in January countless companies still did NOT give…

HOUG 2020
12 November 2020Interesting

HOUG 2020

,Conference Since the spring HOUG (Hungarian Oracle User Group) conference was, much to my regret, cancelled — where, incidentally, I myself was supposed to be among the speakers — the autumn…

APEX@Home 2020
21 April 2020Conference

APEX@Home 2020

Over more than 20 years of professional experience, I've encountered many different approaches. I myself am working on my third degree and often teach, but I find the whole question of learning very…

Oracle Open World London
17 February 2020Conference

Oracle Open World London

Honestly, sparing no expense or time, this was the first time I attended a professional conference abroad. I don't regret it. The size and organization of the event, and the number of…

Customer, Experience
6 November 2019Interesting

Customer, Experience

The latest buzzword that companies are starting to spend a lot of money on (no, I don't mean state-owned companies) is customer experience. Yet handling an errand or making a purchase could be…

Non-existent faces
17 October 2019Interesting

Non-existent faces

Believe it or not, none of the images above belongs to a person who ever actually lived. All of this is the product of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Today, I attended the…

The cloud above all else
3 October 2019Applications

The cloud above all else

I wouldn't have thought that if I started blogging again, I'd be writing about the cloud for the third time. What happened was — perhaps because my company is already in the (Google) cloud — I got invited to the "The…

Why aren't we moving to the cloud?
26 September 2019Applications

Why aren't we moving to the cloud?

A few days ago I attended a company's free presentation, where they extolled the benefits of living in the cloud versus keeping a server under the kitchen table. Over the last 20 years, I myself have…

May the cloud be with you
21 September 2019Interesting

May the cloud be with you

Just a week ago, at this year's Oracle OpenWorld, Larry Ellison announced the Always Free program, also available for companies. We immediately get 85,000 HUF worth of credit to spend, but…

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