Am I proud of my country? I was born in 1989, when my city was called "Leningrad", and the country called USSR. Growing up at the junction of two ages, when the union collapsed and a new history of the Russian Federation began. Almost nothing I remember from this but from the stories of my parents everything was pretty bad. At school I began to learn the history of my country from the very beginning and I can say that I have something to be proud of. Tsars, Emperors, Petersburg 17-18-19 centuries and its palaces and balls, great poets and writers, scientists and conquerors of the space. The first man who flight into the space are the real hero Yuri Gagarin, the first artificial satellite, the launch of satellites to other planets. The USSR conquered the space. Immortal works of Pushkin and Gogol, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Bulgakov and Chekhov. Many languages translated «Master and Margarita», «Crime and Punishment», «Idiot». Music, you can recall the classic works of Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky, the Soviet rock groups «Кино» and «Алиса», «Ю-питер» and Butusov. All this sinks into the soul. I am writing this text and I understand that I am proud of the past era, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union. What can I say about modern Russia? Almost nothing. Space - he had always obeyed with great scope, the cinema - a piece of shit, with rare exceptions. Music - the same like cinema. I am proud of athletes, hockey national team and synchronic swimmers, individual sports - everything is fine here. But then again, my favorite game since childhood - football and what our championship and the team - without comment. I do not want to revile the present country but patriotism is brought up from childhood on the achievements of a gone generation, it is sad. Am I proud of my country? I don’t know.

8 hour workday I do not know how i relate to such a schedule as an eight-hour working day. It probably depends on tiredness and how long I've been on vacation. Does it suit me to work 8 hours a day? When I feel good and work a lot - yes sometimes even this time is not enough. When tired - then of course it's a lot and I want to get home as soon as possible. In general, the model is not bad, but if it would not be 5 working days but 4 it is already getting much better. For a long time I worked on shifts and the working day or night lasted 12 hours and I liked it, I liked that there were free days on weekdays, I liked to return home on Monday morning and watch people hurry to work. But I'm grow up and it's hard to integrate with such a schedule, to meet with friends, plan weekends and holidays. Going to the standard model - I do not feel uncomfortable, and during working hours there is an opportunity to take a break and rest. As a result: the model is relevant or actual, but I have not yet found the moments that I want to change. I really liked the working model in the previous company, which my manager built. It was purely individual and consisted only of one thing: to do the work on time. I could come later, if the work is not relevant, I could leave earlier if all work is done. I like this model. But of course the ideal option is the opportunity to work both at home and in the office. When you want, not by agreement. And it is even better to work as much as you want without harm to the company.

Some sentences about my work What can I say about my work? I worked as a system engineer for 2 years and I was invited to the position of pre-sale engineer, the feature of the job is technical support of sales. This means that customers requesting to our company expect from me not only prices, but also technical consultations, selection of server equipment, network solutions that will help their project keep high uptime. Basically, I do this in the workplace, communicate with customers via mail, tickets and to a lesser extent calls There are days when the laptop does not come off, because a lot of work, a large number of requests or a query is very large and complex. I try to thoroughly study any request, so that after my answer, the client will have only clarifying questions. When the tasks are completed, you can take a break. In my free time I talk with co-workers on general topics, play table tennis and go for smoke breaks. What do I like about my work? Very difficult question, because I have an opinion about any work: as long as I wake up and have a desire to go to work - I like my job. If I force myself to go to work, then I need to change something. And if in general, I like my co-workers, it's easy to find a common language with them. I like the place where I work, I mean the interior and the attitude of the company to the employees. I like my schedule, when it's almost impossible to be late for work. It is much easier to answer the question about what does not like. I do not like the attitude of some people towards my position, it's very insulting to hear when you are called a salesman, comparing with a merchant in the market or some shop. It really pisses off. The tasks that were assigned to me - I fulfilled, so I have only current affairs. So at the moment there are no «live» projects. What should I change in my work? Probably only automated some tools for accounting, I hate to make a report at the end of the month. I am satisfied with many things and it should take more time to understand what changes should be introduced into the workflow, because I'm only the 4th month in this position. If I am asked these questions in six months, I think I can tell a lot more.

About "Brazilian football" podcast This topic is very close to me, because I spent many years of my life on football. Played very seriously from 6 to 17 years, then played at the university and now football is more like a hobby for me. I agree with Rob’s and Grace’s point of view, Pele is the best football player of the 20th century, but in the 20th century football was simpler, not so fast and technical. The result of many matches was often decided by one or two players who were better than the rest of the players on the field, Pele one of them. From Brazil, there are many players who can be called legends, football geniuses: Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu, Garrincha, Romario. The Brazilian national team is the record-holder of World Cup's wins. Currently, football has become a more team game, but still many teams are building a game around their leader, the lack of which has a noticeable effect. For me, the best players are: Pavel Nedved, Paolo Maldini, Raul and it is a great pity that they have already completed their careers.

Digital Communication Good evening! I was asked a few questions about digital communication, and I would like to answer them. Here is the first «As text-based communication becomes more widespread, some specialists have noticed different patterns of communication among children and adults. Why do you think that is the case?» There are indeed differences, we must be understand that communication occurs with a child who has not formed a personal worldview, so many topics that can be discussed with an adult person are taboo in communicating with the child. Incorrectly selected words will cause a lot of questions from curious children and simple "It's too early for you to know" is not enough, you should avoid swear words. In general, it is easy and interesting to communicate with children. «Are text message and social media affecting the way we communicate? Do you think is good or bad?» I think opinions are divided, 50 to 50. For me it does not make any difference how I communicate, online or face to face, the goal is to talk, communicate. Naturally, there are nuances, when communicating in the network you can choose words, but in real life it will look weird, when one of dialogue’s member thinking about simple question and how he can reply. In the network, you can be an anonymous and people* will form your portrait according to the said words, where as with live communication for many people, key details can be smells, appearance, neatness, cleanliness, etc. But even apart from this details and answer the question directly - no, has no impact, and that's good. However, this is my subjective opinion and the person who reading this text may not agree with me and I will happily talk on this topic live or through any convenient kind of digital or analog communication. *people - I must confess, the first time I wrote "peoples" =(

Work week Usually I wake up at 8 am, go for a walk with my dog and about half past nine go to work. When I go to work I take the subway, listen music, nothing special. All way from my flat to the office takes 30 minutes. My working day consists of communicating with potential and existing customers via e-mail, telephone and tickets. I help to choose the best solution based on our services for their projects. Of course, there are people at work with whom I often chat and we go to lunch together, take breaks. At 7 pm I'm going home, if there are no completed cases, I do not like when I'm annoyed by thoughts about unfinished work. My way to the home is not different from the morning way, also on the subway. At about 9 pm again go for a walk with my dog, we have an accord with my gf: on weekdays I walk in the morning and late at evening, she walks after work. But on weekends I can get enough sleep, because in the morning my gf will walk with the dog. After all the things are done: the dog is happy after the walk, the hot dinner is waiting on the table I can finally rest. Sometimes we buy some movie and watch, sometimes play with my friends on PS4 competitive games. Takes an evening shower, I can go to bed, because it's already 11-12 pm on the clock. This is how the work week goes, of course it is not a script, I can get out of the usual rhythm. On Thursdays i have football training with my colleagues. In general 5 days from Monday to Friday are similar and I do not consider it boring. As soon as Friday ends the weekend starts, but this is a completely different story.