Know Your Devs - Jaroslav Křivánek

[TomG]

Here's the next in your "Know Your Devs" series, and this time our Lead of R&D, Jaroslav Křivánek!, finds himself in the hot seat!

He'll be at Total Chaos next month (https://www.chaosgroup.com/total-chaos/news/jaroslav-krivanek), talking about what 3D printing, the accurate simulation of the behavior of light, and the Manhattan project have in common - but before that, you have a chance to get to know more about him as a person!

Here's how it works:

- Ask your questions in this forum thread
- We'll leave this thread open for 5 days, to give you time to ask your questions, then we'll lock it
- The developer will take a look through and answer the interesting questions, which we'll publish in the Corona Blog (probably a week or two after closing the thread)

So, what about that "interesting questions" part? Here are some guidelines:

- Please post only personal questions or questions about inner workings of the team. You can already ask technical questions in other parts of this forum, and this is about getting to know the developers as people.
- Keep your question relevant to the particular developer.
- Only ask, don't answer - even if you think you know the answer!
- It will be up to the developer to choose which they answer and which they don't.

Now satisfy your curiosity - post your questions below!

[arqrenderz]

I dont know if this is an AMA type of thread so here i go ;)
Whats the next big thing coming to corona??
We are looking at shared gpu ram right now  (octane 4) whats your thoughts about it and the implementation in the future
Were are our caustics ? ;)
Whats the most challenging feature to date?

[danio1011]

How did you find your way to the Corona team and then as R&D lead?  What new feature are you most excited about?

[NicolasC]

Hello :)

What is your formation ?
What path did lead you to CG software development ?
Is there any particular feature you are proud of ? or is it yet to come ? :P

Thank you !

[Christa Noel]

- Still the same question from me, hobbies & routines ? ;)
- how does developing corona affect your life? stupid question but who knows you did it not for money but you just need some brain exercises :D (actually i know some people are really doing it)
- Whats your dream about Corona's future which you already have a plan to reach it?

[Fluss]

Hey, here are mines :

What're the most mind-blowing CGI-related researches you've seen recently?
What is the biggest blocker you would like to solve in rendering technologies today?
What do you consider the most satisfying about your job?
How many reference teapots do you own in real life?
Why the fuck are you smarter than me?

;)

edit: typo

[TomG]

Last day to submit your questions for Jaroslav! Thread will be locked later today (or early tomorrow at the latest) so don't miss your chance to ask what you've always wanted to know!