My Brilliant Career: 'Futurist' explores new tech trends and how to use them
Bongani Sithole is the technical director at Black Beard, a tech solutions development company
Tell me about the work you do. Some might call me the company's "futurist", which stems from a love of research. I am known for constantly researching and exploring concepts and ideas, specifically around tech. Every fortnight, Black Beard holds innovations sessions that I head with the full team. I bring everyone up to speed with new technologies and trends and how we can implement them. I primarily look at where technology is moving and how we can implement it at Black Beard as test cases. This helps us ensure that we deliver the most current technology to our clients. Tell me about your problem-solving model. We look at the challenges a specific business faces and come up with a unique solution using the best technology available. We aim to get a "prototype" out using the minimum viable product (MVP) technique. An MVP is a development technique in which a new product is developed with sufficient features to satisfy early adopters. The final, complete set of features is only desig...
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