How professionals work. Anna Artamonova, Vice-President of Mail.ru Group

The heading "How Professionals Work" continues to acquaint the readers of "Megamind" with the working habits of various specialists in the IT market.

Anna Artamonova is another professional, as they say, widely known in certain circles. Throughout her adult life, Anna worked at Internet companies, in the late nineties and early zero having worked as a columnist for the online newspaper Deadline, and a little later as an editor for Webrating and Outdoor.

In 2003, Anna was appointed vice-president of Mail.ru Group, initially engaged in marketing and PR of the entire company, and now she is the head of the mail and Mail.ru portal.

Current Location:
Moscow, Mail.Ru Group office
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Current place of work:
Mail.Ru Group, Vice-President, Head of UJ ( ed.: Business-unit ) E-Mail & Portal

Education:
Journalism ( ed.: Institute of Journalism and Literary Creativity )

One word that best describes how you work:
Interesting

How many hours a day do you work?
9-10

Current mobile device:
iPhone 6S + and Sony Xperia (we need both mobile OS in operation)

Current computer:
Both at home and in the office iMac 27 ", on the office installed Windows 10.

Without any applications, programs, utilities you can not live?
I thought and decided that I can live without any programs and utilities. What I use regularly: Mail.Ru Mail and Mail.Ru Cloud, myMail, Facebook, Instagram, Google Maps, Evernote, Google Translate, Urban Dictionary, Litres Listen! and Bookmate, as well as Appstatic.

And, I remembered one utility, without which it is difficult to live - this is the creator of quick screenshots (with the addition of arrows, text, etc., and pouring into the cloud). I use daily.

Which life hack helps you save time?
You need to realize that decision-making actually takes a lot of time, if you do it at least weighed a little. The adoption of not the most important decisions can be delegated.

What kind of to-do manager do you use?
I did not get accustomed to specialized Tudu managers, I use Evernote and the built-in Notes in the iPhone for all occasions - both for storing information and for making plans.

What do you listen when you work?
I can't listen to music when I work. She distracts me.

What are you reading now?
"French children do not spit the food"

Which book from the last read was remembered the most?
A series of books Radzinsky about Stalin.

(I know, here you need to advise a book about Ilona Mask or something, but ..)

Do you use e-readers or prefer paper books?
I have a Kobo book (this is the first book with an HD screen), although now Amazon has already released the same Kindle. Sometimes I read directly in the app on my smartphone, while traveling by car I listen to audio.

How long do you sleep?
About 7 hours

Are you an owl or a lark?
Owl, tried to rebuild - not mine.

How do you have breakfast?
Last week - coffee and cheese cakes every day.

How do you spend your time on the way to work / from work?
As one friend of mine said, first you go to work through the whole city, then you rent an apartment near the office, and then an office near the apartment.
Our office is 5 minutes from my house, I spend very little time on the road. I usually listen to Radio Business FM, Kommersant FM, Maximum or music. Sometimes I just think.

What advice you have ever been given can you convey to others?
Enjoy the process of life, for the result causes questions.