How professionals work. Maria Glazkova, Head of PR Department, Venture Fund Vestor.in
The column “How Professionals Work” continues to acquaint readers of Megamind with specialists from the global IT market. The hero of this issue is Maria Glazkova, who was the head of the PR department of LinguaLeo, and now is engaged in public relations in the Russian-American venture fund Vestor.in , the founder and managing director of which is Pavel Cherkashin. Current location:
Today Moscow, tomorrow Silicon Valley. And vice versa. Current place of work:
Russian-American Venture Fund Vestor.In One word that best describes how you work:
Head How many hours a day do you work?
To be honest, I did not consider the current mobile device:
Nothing unusual, simple iPhone 6
Current computer:
Macbook Air
Without which applications, programs, utilities you can not live?
I can’t say that I cannot live without something. Sometimes, on the contrary, I want, for example, that messengers all come together in one. I use Skype, Facebook, Mail daily, very often Uber.
What kind of life hack helps you save time?
Always specify deadline tasks. Moreover, both to someone and to herself. And very clearly explain the requirements from the very beginning.
Which to-do manager do you use?
Plain paper diary. I tried Jira, Trello, but some of them are without a soul.
What do you listen to when you work?
In my opinion, listening to something during work - music or, I do not know, a jackhammer - I can afford creative people. If the result of your work is a text or a certain document, you can listen only to your thoughts.
What are you reading now?
Pavel Cherkashin: “EMO. Electrical enrichment methods. ”
Which book of the last read was the most memorable?
Elon Musk's Biography
Do you use e-readers or prefer paper books?
Paper. Husband every time worries when we go to the bookstore before vacation. To carry a suitcase to him.
How much time do you sleep?
Jawbone used to tell me how much and how much I sleep, but then I got tired of it. Now I don’t even know.
Are you an owl or an early bird?
Hard to tell. Something average. That is, I jump up in the morning and can’t get myself to sleep, but I can’t say that then all day I am delighted with this fact.
How do you have breakfast?
Oatmeal on the water. Or do not eat breakfast.
How do you spend time on the way to / from work?
In Silicon Valley, I reach work in 15 minutes. The radio is not working in my car, I somehow forgot to close the roof at night. Naturally, it was then that he decided to rain in California. You cannot write messages or check mail, fine. In Moscow, I go to the Lubyanka from home for about an hour. Here you can read the letters and exchange messages on Facebook =)
What advice that you have ever been given can you pass on to others?
Dad once told me: "Do what you must, and be what happens." Perhaps this is not his thought, but it is so capacious and so correct that it has become my life principle.
Nothing unusual, simple iPhone 6
Current computer:
Macbook Air
Without which applications, programs, utilities you can not live?
I can’t say that I cannot live without something. Sometimes, on the contrary, I want, for example, that messengers all come together in one. I use Skype, Facebook, Mail daily, very often Uber.
What kind of life hack helps you save time?
Always specify deadline tasks. Moreover, both to someone and to herself. And very clearly explain the requirements from the very beginning.
Which to-do manager do you use?
Plain paper diary. I tried Jira, Trello, but some of them are without a soul.
What do you listen to when you work?
In my opinion, listening to something during work - music or, I do not know, a jackhammer - I can afford creative people. If the result of your work is a text or a certain document, you can listen only to your thoughts.
What are you reading now?
Pavel Cherkashin: “EMO. Electrical enrichment methods. ”
Which book of the last read was the most memorable?
Elon Musk's Biography
Do you use e-readers or prefer paper books?
Paper. Husband every time worries when we go to the bookstore before vacation. To carry a suitcase to him.
How much time do you sleep?
Jawbone used to tell me how much and how much I sleep, but then I got tired of it. Now I don’t even know.
Are you an owl or an early bird?
Hard to tell. Something average. That is, I jump up in the morning and can’t get myself to sleep, but I can’t say that then all day I am delighted with this fact.
How do you have breakfast?
Oatmeal on the water. Or do not eat breakfast.
How do you spend time on the way to / from work?
In Silicon Valley, I reach work in 15 minutes. The radio is not working in my car, I somehow forgot to close the roof at night. Naturally, it was then that he decided to rain in California. You cannot write messages or check mail, fine. In Moscow, I go to the Lubyanka from home for about an hour. Here you can read the letters and exchange messages on Facebook =)
What advice that you have ever been given can you pass on to others?
Dad once told me: "Do what you must, and be what happens." Perhaps this is not his thought, but it is so capacious and so correct that it has become my life principle.