How professionals work. Sergey Strelkov, Head of CROC's own development department
The column “How Professionals Work” continues to acquaint readers of Megamind with the working habits of various specialists in the IT market.
Arriving at the company as a development engineer, Sergey gradually became the technical manager and the leader of the development team. He headed the direction of custom development in 2012, having already 10 years of experience in implementing projects for the largest state customers of CROC.
Under the leadership of Sergey, CROC developers create the largest software solutions for automating unique business processes and informatizing entire sectors of the economy. He himself took part in the creation of the state automated system "Elections", the development of software for the processing of ballot papers (KOIB), the automation of the "Unified State Exam" and the "All-Russian Agricultural Census" in 2006, and the introduction of a unified industry workflow system "Rosatom".
Current location:
Moscow, although after opening development offices in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Irkutsk, you have to move more often.
Current place of work:
CROC
Education:
MSTU. N.E. Bauman
One word that best describes how you work:
Thoughtfully
How many hours a day do you work?
On weekdays, I try not to count, on weekends I devote the maximum time to my family and children.
Current mobile device:
HTC One M8
Current computer:
At work, a relatively commonplace, but powerful hardware - a workstation and laptop. Home - The Intel NUC 5i7 is an amazingly powerful piece for such a small box screwed to the back of the monitor.
What applications, programs, utilities can you live without?
Visual Studio, Spring Tool Suite - there are no former developers.
What kind of life hack helps you save time?
I practically do not use instant messengers. Sometimes it’s worth a short time to minimize mail, turn off alerts. This practice works especially well in the morning “before it began” and in the evening “when it is already over”. In the afternoon, it just doesn’t work out to be in a “state of flow”.
Which to-do manager do you use?
Only Outlook and Evernote.
What do you listen to when you work?
Rather, "whom." Colleagues, customers, partners. When solving a problem does not involve communication, for me it is most effective to work in silence, if possible. It is good that the company does not have open space in their classical sense.
What are you reading now?
"Brain. Quick Start Guide. ” Quite often we exchange literature at work, and a colleague gave me this book. It is interesting to read an unusual pair of authors - a neurologist and a business consultant.
Which book of the last read was the most memorable?
From the last read - Going Postal (Terry Pratchett), I like good English humor. If you take a deeper retrospective - “Funky Business” by Kjell A. Nordstrem and Jonas Ridderstrale. Inspires to think outside the box. A fairly well-known book translated into 30 languages of the world. Last year, the authors came to the IT Leader forum.
Do you use electronic readers or prefer paper books?
I prefer the book to be interesting, the medium can be any.
How much time do you sleep?
For me, comfortable sleep time is 7 hours.
Are you an owl or an early bird?
It is comfortable for me to periodically change the roles of an early bird and an owl. This does not affect my performance. Introduces diversity to the rhythm of life.
How do you have breakfast?
I try to have breakfast with my family, sorry, it doesn’t always come out.
How do you spend time on the way to / from work?
I listen to podcasts in the car, like an incorrigible motorist.
What advice have you ever been given you can pass on to others?
At the dawn of my career, I was advised to be more humane at one time. Sometimes you want to pass this advice on to others.