{"id":32515,"date":"2026-10-08T18:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/?p=32515"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:26:19","slug":"kood-at-digit-2026-the-skills-no-one-talks-about-but-everyone-hires-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/events-en\/kood-at-digit-2026-the-skills-no-one-talks-about-but-everyone-hires-for\/","title":{"rendered":"\/\/kood at Digit 2026: the skills no one talks about, but everyone hires for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-el\">On Friday 9 October, developers, architects, testers, tech leads and data people meet at the Kammivabrik in Tartu for the <a href=\"https:\/\/digit.dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digit 2026<\/a> software conference. \/\/kood is a conference partner \u2013 and our people are on stage too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">Who is there from \/\/kood?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ama-block block-txtmedia full-width\"><div class=\"block__body\"><div class=\"body__content\" data-animate=\"T_FADE_LEFT\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-el\">\n<li><strong>Karmen Tigas<\/strong> \u2013 giving the keynote \u201cSkills no one talks about, but everyone hires for\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ivo Kund<\/strong> and <strong>Agur J\u00f5gi<\/strong> \u2013 on the panel \u201cBeyond the Horizon: What does future hold? Can we predict it?\u201d. Ivo is one of the authors of the AI part of the \/\/kood curriculum; Agur is the CTO of Pipedrive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"body__media\" data-animate=\"T_FADE_RIGHT\"><div class=\"body__media--inner\"><div class=\"splide\" data-splide={\"type\":\"fade\",\"pagination\":false}><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"splide__list\"><li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kood-agur-jogi-ivo-kund-collage-1160x653.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"txtmedia-block_dg132515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kood-agur-jogi-ivo-kund-collage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-txtmedia size-txtmedia\" alt=\"Agur J\u00f5gi and Ivo Kund speaking at the \/\/kood 5th birthday, with a slide on the new \/\/kood curriculum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kood-agur-jogi-ivo-kund-collage.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kood-agur-jogi-ivo-kund-collage-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kood-agur-jogi-ivo-kund-collage-231x130.jpg 231w, https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kood-agur-jogi-ivo-kund-collage-71x40.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"splide__arrows hide-arrows\"><button class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--prev\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 20\"><path d=\"M8158.55,22419.727l-8.334-9.164a.84.84,0,0,1,0-1.123l8.334-9.166a.834.834,0,0,1,1.234,1.121l-7.823,8.605,7.823,8.607a.833.833,0,1,1-1.234,1.119Z\" transform=\"translate(-8150.001 -22400)\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg><\/button><button class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--next\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 20\"><path d=\"M8151.452,22419.727l8.334-9.164a.84.84,0,0,0,0-1.123l-8.334-9.166a.834.834,0,0,0-1.234,1.121l7.823,8.605-7.823,8.607a.833.833,0,1,0,1.234,1.119Z\" transform=\"translate(-8150.001 -22400)\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">The skills no one talks about, but everyone hires for<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ama-block block-txtmedia reverse-order full-width\"><div class=\"block__body\"><div class=\"body__content\" data-animate=\"T_FADE_RIGHT\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el\">Karmen\u2019s keynote starts from a simple idea: <strong>software is a tool, value is the point<\/strong>. As writing code gets cheaper, the scarcest part of engineering moves towards understanding the right problem, making good decisions, explaining them \u2013 and showing that the result actually created value.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"body__media\" data-animate=\"T_FADE_LEFT\"><div class=\"body__media--inner\"><div class=\"splide\" data-splide={\"type\":\"fade\",\"pagination\":false}><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"splide__list\"><li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karmen-tigas-digit-featured-en-1160x653.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"txtmedia-block_dg232515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karmen-tigas-digit-featured-en.jpg\" class=\"attachment-txtmedia size-txtmedia\" alt=\"Karmen Tigas of \/\/kood speaking on stage \u2013 text \u201cKarmen Tigas @ DIGIT conference\u201d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karmen-tigas-digit-featured-en.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karmen-tigas-digit-featured-en-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karmen-tigas-digit-featured-en-231x130.jpg 231w, https:\/\/kood.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/karmen-tigas-digit-featured-en-71x40.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"splide__arrows hide-arrows\"><button class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--prev\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 20\"><path d=\"M8158.55,22419.727l-8.334-9.164a.84.84,0,0,1,0-1.123l8.334-9.166a.834.834,0,0,1,1.234,1.121l-7.823,8.605,7.823,8.607a.833.833,0,1,1-1.234,1.119Z\" transform=\"translate(-8150.001 -22400)\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg><\/button><button class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--next\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 20\"><path d=\"M8151.452,22419.727l8.334-9.164a.84.84,0,0,0,0-1.123l-8.334-9.166a.834.834,0,0,0-1.234,1.121l7.823,8.605-7.823,8.607a.833.833,0,1,0,1.234,1.119Z\" transform=\"translate(-8150.001 -22400)\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-el\">Code is getting cheaper. Judgement is not.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el\">The talk builds on \/\/kood\u2019s 2026 market research: conversations with technical recruiters, senior engineers, engineering managers and \/\/kood alumni across startups, scale-ups, fintech, software houses, banks and AI-native companies. The pattern held across sectors \u2013 even when the job title still says <em>Software Engineer<\/em>, employers increasingly describe success in product-engineering terms: understanding the user\u2019s problem, making trade-offs, taking ownership and measuring impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/impact.kood.tech\/\">Behind Karmen\u2019s talk: \/\/kood in numbers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">Why this matters to \/\/kood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el\">These exact capabilities \u2013 technical foundation, systems thinking, communication, product and business thinking, AI judgement, and drive \u2013 sit at the core of the \/\/kood AI-Ready Product Engineer curriculum. Code still gets written, of course \u2013 but learners solve real problems with companies and have to defend their solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el\">Want to know which skills will move your career forward next? Check the programme at <a href=\"https:\/\/digit.dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digit.dev<\/a> and come and hear Karmen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ama-block block-seperator full-width\" style=\"--seperator-bgcolor: var(--ama-accent-color-4);\"><\/div><div role=\"form\" class=\"wpcf7\" id=\"wpcf7-f17840-p17840-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><div><div class=\"wpcf7-form\"><div class=\"fit-the-fullspace\"><div><div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div><form action=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32515#wpcf7-f17840-p17840-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" enctype=\"\" autocomplete=\"autocomplete\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\" locale=\"en_US\"><div style=\"display: block;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"17840\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.5\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f17840-p17840-o1\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_fit-the-fullspace\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/div><label> Your name\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" autocomplete=\"name\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n\n<label> Your email\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" autocomplete=\"email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n\n<label> Subject\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-subject\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-subject\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n\n<label> Your message (optional)\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-message\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" maxlength=\"2000\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\" name=\"your-message\"><\/textarea><\/span> <\/label>\n\n<input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" \/><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Digit 2026 in Tartu on 9 October, Karmen Tigas from \/\/kood gives a keynote on the skills employers actually hire for, and Ivo Kund and Agur J\u00f5gi discuss the future on a panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":32525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32515"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32545,"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32515\/revisions\/32545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kood.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}