Jobs: Nikolay Dobrovolsky, vice president of Parallels

What do you do in your work?

I am vice president of Parallels. And I know in the world of software development, most likely, because 15 years ago we came up with my team and created the famous decision Parallels Desktop for Mac to run Windows-based applications on the Mac, which became almost instantly popular.

Now would probably say that the "start-up quickly unwound." But most of all pleased that we then did not rest on their laurels and continued to produce various interesting products.

What is your occupation?

I started programming in the fourth grade, when selecting the appropriate circle in the Moscow Palace of Pioneers. Since then, it gradually moved to these tracks, first at school number 1180 Baumanke, then at the same time he studied at the MSTU. N. E. Bauman and MIREA. I finished still last.

The IT is important to have a higher education, the best - profile. The most important thing in high school - is the search for training, analysis and assimilate information with the knowledge of something new. The greater the area of ​​the university and its discipline related to the future profession, then the easier it will be to develop specific skills in a particular area.

Even in the third year began to work in a team of programmers, "Central Moscow Depositary". Since then, more than 20 years is cluttered with an increasing number of colleagues.

In fact, my whole career so far proceeded as part of the same team of associates (except that we seldom change companies in which to work). Parallels to this story takes the last 16 years.

How does your workplace?

The main computer - MacBook Air. On it stands Parallels Desktop for Mac with a Windows 10 in a virtual machine, and Microsoft Office. I tried several times to start using the Mac-version of MS Office, but was never able to: Outlook slow, Word, and PowerPoint periodically spoil the formatting of documents, there is no Visio / Project.

Under the table I have is a computer running Windows and Mac mini. But with them I only work remotely: connect as needed with a variety of mobile devices through our Parallels Access App.

I also have an iPad mini tablet and Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro - do not understand why we need large plates.

In my pocket I always lie two phones: iPhone 6s and HTC, for the US and Moscow numbers, respectively. I try to use different devices from Apple and Android ecosystems, to understand and of those, and other users, because we do mobile applications for both platforms.

Over the past year popolzovalsya main flagships Android, and that's what I think about them.

• Samsung Galaxy S6 - the most convenient, but I have enough battery only half a day due to a problem in the software T-Mobile-phone version.
• At Sony Xperia Z3 + oddly arranged speaker, which is why everything clearly hear my interlocutor, even without the speakerphone. I think it's because of the waterproof performance.
• With HTC One M9 all is well, only Russian keyboard, four rows so very unusual. In this "lesser of two evils," I do, and stopped.

On hand I wear a watch for training - Garmin Forerunner 920XT.

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I try to use different browsers at a time. Safari for me the best place to read and navigate, with the Reader mode and a convenient increasing by double-clicking. Also, in Safari I synchronize passwords between all your Apple devices.

As for mail, I use Microsoft Outlook for Windows. Other customers poorly and are slow with mailboxes larger than 5 GB, and I have accumulated up to 15-20 GB per year. Calendar in Outlook, but will he manages my personal assistant.

more use Final Cut ProTo make a video about holidays. However, it takes a long time, so it is quite rarely use. Read different books to video editing and can confirm that the one-minute video of the final results in about an hour for the installation work.

But mobile applications that I use most often.

• Navigation and local search - Google Maps, «Yandex. Maps », TripAdvisor.
• Communication - TouchDown HD (Best Exchange-client for Android), Skype, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger.
• Online Conference - WebEx, GoToMeeting.
• Conversion of everything (currency units and so on) - Angström.
• Photo documents, boards, presentations - Office Lens.
• Flights in real time (I happen to five trips per week) - Flightradar24, FlightAware.
• Taxi - Uber, «Yandex. Taxi », Taxify and others.
• Books and documents - iBooks, GoodReader, Kindle.
• Running - TrainingPeaks, Garmin Connect.

Is there a place in your paper work?

I ceased to make any notes on paper about eight years ago. Everything I write in the mail and immediately send either participants or himself. The paper is used in two cases.

1. At meetings of forcing those present put off computers / tablets / phones aside. And for themselves usually by hand writing down points that I want to touch or that require further discussion after the meeting.
2. At the interview, the candidate is always at hand to hold the printed summary.

What is in your bag?

All the while wearing a backpack with a laptop, tablet, headsets, chargers, cables and hiking travel bag, because sometimes you have to fly straight from work without going home.

Very handy transparent bag wire, in which they do not go awry.

How do you organize your time?

I have a very good personal assistant Oksana, which perfectly optimizes my schedule and even solves a number of issues without my participation.

At the same time I clock is available by mail, as this is our primary means of communication and need to quickly respond to the letter.

In Moscow, the office I come late in the morning and sit up late at night, and in Seattle working in the office from early morning until early evening to allow more time to stay in touch with colleagues and there and there.

What's your daily routine?

It is easy to fall asleep and wake up at any time, so there are "morning" and "night" days.

The only serious disadvantage - can not sleep sitting. Therefore, the frequent flights of 15-20 hours negatively affect my productivity: and I can not work, and it is impossible to sleep.

We have to pass the time watching movies, because different brain activity in this state does not accept.

What's your hobby?

Now the main thing - it's my family, wife and daughter.

Daughter for six years. We spend a lot of time together. Almost every day, if I'm not on a business trip.

I believe that children need to spend the time necessary, because the only way they become a part of this yourself. After all, by and large they are only the basic meaning of our lives. I do not understand people who keep nurses and governesses, and themselves communicate with their children a few hours a week.

What place sport occupies in your life?

For the fullness of life I need to move and strong sensations. So I managed to work out a variety of sports, even extreme: rally, hockey, running, mountain skiing, roller skating, billiards, diving, skydiving, riding a motorcycle, and a large table tennis.

Of course, on all at once is not enough time. Each of these activities usually takes a few months, and then smoothly flows in something next.

I think that from the outset it is necessary to learn from professionals, not to step on the rake a bunch myself. For the same reason, and my daughter is always given to the coaches, but I feel confident in many sports.

I do not try to reach the heights, but in each case I train until I feel confident enough. For example, in I I started running last year and four months prepared for a marathon with a final result of 3 hours 50 minutes. I think it is a good idea for a man who had never run.

Layfhakerstvo from Nicholas Dobrovolsky

Books and websites

«Geniuses and outsiders. Why is one everything and the other nothing?"Malcolm Gladwell - a book about how much we have to work to succeed.

Regularly read such resources as CNews, ZDNet, Layfhaker, Habrahabr.

Movies

I was most touched "Matrix"And"The thirteenth floor"And like"Artist"And"Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath!».