Partnership offer · Apify · 24 October 2026
Apify: Gain access to 3.5k talents in CEE. Hire top 5+ in 2027 with ELC.
Sign the yearly partnership only after we prove the quality: the next meetup is on us.
#43 at Apify on 14 October drew 237 approved registrations, your second meetup after #12. You give me a theme or a speaker.
One thing from you: a theme or a speaker, and a date. First week of December or second week of January 2027.
Explore full Visibility packageOffer · Visibility 2027
Apify on stage in front of 120+ top talents, with direct reach to hire.
What you receive
- Two ELC meetups at Apify in 2027, 120+ attendees each.
- One Apify speaker on the main stage of ELC Conference 2027, Prague, 22 April.
- Candidates introduced by me from Marian’s List: 182 people, 62 looking right now.
Free of charge, from Marian
- Two workshop days for your team, on two topics you picklist 3,444 EUR a day, yours at 0
- Six mentoring sessions for you or anyone on your teamlist 2,370 EUR, yours at 0
- Next meetup free
- Pay after you liked it
- Walk away any time
See for yourselfELC meetupsTalk videosELC on LinkedInLife at ELC
Everything included, in detail
Visibility 2027 includes
- 2 ELC meetups at Apify with your speakers, about four months apart
- 1 spot on the main stage at ELC Conference 2027, Prague, 22 April
- 1 more Apify speaker slot at other ELC events
- 4 priority seats at every monthly ELC meetup
- 4 ELC Conference 2027 tickets
- 4 LinkedIn posts from ELC about Apify, a short video, reshares
- 1:1 speaking coach session for your speaker
- Apify logo in the ELC newsletter, partner badge, speaker alumni membership
How the next meetup works
- I suggest the strongest topics for the engineers you want; you pick one, or name your speaker
- ELC handles the program, applications, host, photographer, video, social and the newsletter
- You provide the room and cover food and drinks at cost (about 1,500 EUR); a rented venue only if Apify cannot host
- After the meetup you decide about 2027. No pressure, no deposit.
How the hires happen
- ELC is 3,600+ engineering leaders in Central Europe; I know most of the senior people in person
- Marian’s List holds 182 people open to a next step, 62 actively looking; I introduce, you interview
- No agency fee on introductions made inside the Visibility package
- Progress reported monthly: introductions, interviews, hires
What it costs, after you liked it
- 14,000 EUR for the whole of 2027, one invoice after the next meetup
- Next meetup: ELC organises end to end, you cover food and drinks at cost
- Didn’t like it? You walk away, nothing else to pay
- My internal goal: 5+ hires for Apify in 2027, reported monthly
Also in the offer · ELC Conference 2027
One Apify speaker on the main stage. Prague, 22 April 2027.
What you receive
- A spot on the main stage of ELC Conference 2027.
- 500+ engineering leaders expected in the room.
- Apify next to the companies our speakers have built at.
Speakers on the ELC stage have built at:
Your speaker
Main stage, 22 April 2027
David Pavlik
CTO, Rohlik Group · ex-SpaceX
Rizwan Iqbal
Director of Engineering, Superhuman
Michal Matyjek
Sr. Engineering Manager, Netflix
Aleodor Tabarcea
Engineering Manager, Stripe
David Teodorescu
Senior Product Designer, Meta
Vojta Vondra
Partner Director of Engineering, Microsoft
Tatiana Stantonian
Principal Engineer, Financial Times
Jan Zenisek
VP of Product, Apify
The ELC public speaking coach helps every speaker shine on the stage. Yours too.
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Hidden addon
Apify Mentor in Residence, starting 2027
Your engineering managers, directors and VPs calm, clear and growing. Fewer fires on your desk.
What you receive
- Me at Apify one or two days a week, for your leaders and for you.
- A team-lead growth program: one new lead onboarded a month, no hiccups.
- Reporting as a standard, not a status call. Dashboards instead of meetings.
Free of charge, from Marian
- I mentor for free the first 2 months at Apify8 weeks, yours at 0
- You can fire me any timeno notice period, no penalty
- Pay only 8+/10 sessions
- No prepayment
- Cancel any time
See for yourselfMentor in ResidenceWhat mentees say
Everything included, in detail
Standard price, after the free 2 months
- 1,000 EUR per man-day. One day a week 4,000 EUR a month, two days a week 8,000
- Invoiced monthly, only for days delivered. The first 8 weeks are free
- Any session your leader rates under 8/10 is not charged. Cancel any time
- A mentor who understands tech: 8 to 80 teams at Mews, Principal Architect at Databricks
How a residence day runs
- Up to 6 sessions of 60 minutes; your leaders book directly into my calendar, no approval chain
- Between sessions I sit with the team: shadowing, hard conversations, growth plans, the dashboards
- Async access for everyone who had a session
- A monthly readout for you: themes across sessions, org-level risks, what to fix next. Never who said what.
Is it worth your investment
- I take the risk first: the next meetup and the first 2 months of mentoring are free.
- You buy outcomes, not a budget line: 5+ hires in 2027 and leaders who stop firefighting.
- Pay only after you liked it. Stop any time, no notice period.
People who trust ELC and Marian
VP Engineering, Prague Site Leader, Everpure
Everpure hosted two ELC meetups. The video with Paul and Marian is on LinkedIn.
CTO, Ataccama
Ataccama hosted four ELC meetups and sends its leaders to Marian for mentoring.
CTO, 15 years at NVIDIA before, Bloomreach
Engaged Marian to mentor his VP of Engineering in Brno.
Group Head of Engineering, FTMO
“Marian doesn't just offer theoretical insights, he translates them into actionable and meaningful steps.”
AWS Hero, Cloud, Ataccama
“Our focus shifted from day-to-day tasks to strategic thinking.”
CEO, Mews
“Marian was part of helping scale up our technical teams from 35 to 100 people.”
1 more people who trust ELC and Marian
VP of Engineering, Eurowag
“Every session was tailored to my needs, always practical, always thought-provoking.”
About Marian
Ex-VP of Engineering at Mews: 8 to 80 teams, a $2bn+ unicorn. Principal Software Architect at Databricks, Bay Area.
Founder of the Engineering Leaders Community: 3,600+ engineering leaders, 40+ meetups. Computer science degree. AI freak.
3,662 mentoring sessions since 2019. Average rating since 2024: 9.79 out of 10.
What I need from you
- A theme or a speaker for the next meetup. Pick from the topics we talk about: engineeringleaders.io/cfp →
- A date: first week of December, or second week of January 2027. Say which, and we book the rooftop venue for 120+ people.
- Two hours of your time, or of the person you name.
Next steps
- You reply with a theme or a speaker. One line is enough.
- We fix the date: first week of December, or second week of January 2027.
- The meetup happens at Apify. Then you decide about 2027.
- Your next speaker is on the ELC Conference main stage, 500+ people.
One thing from you: a theme or a speaker, and a date. First week of December or second week of January 2027.
Coffee/call to finalise the detailsCheck the vibe of the community at the next meetup.
ELC meetup #45: Code Generation vs. Verification. How Teams Ship High Quality in 2027
3 November 2026 · Barclays PORT, Prague
Save your seatTerms, billing, questions
Billing
- Visibility 2027, the workshops and the meetup: Engineering Leaders Community s.r.o., IČO 21848343, Varšavská 715/36, 120 00 Praha 2
- Mentor in Residence and mentoring sessions: Marian Kamenistak, sole trader, IČO 06093175
- All prices without VAT. Invoices due in 14 days. Food and drinks for the next meetup invoiced at cost.
Questions you may have
- Why free? Because our meetups draw 120+ attendees and I would rather show it than argue it.
- What if nobody gets hired? Then I did not earn the goal. The Visibility package still stands on the two meetups, and you stop at year end.
- Why can you be fired any time? It keeps me attentive. I am financially secured; I need to see the mission move, not a deposit.
- Who else hosted? Ataccama four times, Apify twice, Make three times, Productboard, Kiwi.com, Česká spořitelna, Microsoft and others.
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