Jeff Bezos as a start is a computer engineer however as his career has developed he is no longer in a position where he commits large portions of his time to this endeavor. Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and Blue Moon as well as owning the Washington Post. Amazon is the forefront of e-commerce, the leader in online shopping particular in the US paving the way with its innovative systems and speedy deliveries. Blue Moon is a space travel organization where the goal is to make space travel more affordable for the average person.
Q: What kinds of people does the IT professional interact with? Are they other IT professionals? Clients? Investors? The general public?Bezos has stepped back a bit from the CEO level of his companies however he is still the major influence in decisions made by these companies. He interacts with stakeholders and people other high level managerial staff in his businesses to share ideas and bring new concepts to the table. He has a rule for his meetings he describes as the two-pizza rule, this means that meeting should not be so large that two pizzas will not be enough to feed everyone at the meeting. He also wants no power point presentations in meetings, meetings should be an open floor style where everyone involved can share their thoughts and collaborate on things so that all input is heard and taken on board.
Q: Where does the IT professional spend most of their time?Bezos believes in a very balanced work-life scheduling spending a very even split between family and work. His thoughts behind his time commitment to work is wanting complete mental clarity to make the best decisions possible. He describes his roles as a CEO is to make a very small amount of very important decisions and in order to optimize this, he needs complete mental clarity and as much productivity as possible while working. He values time at home with his family and his sleep as much as his time at work and believes that this is the key to his success in his field.
Q: What aspect of their position is most challenging?Bezos has described the most challenging part of his work finding himself in the right mental state to make sharp accurate decisions, he believes that if you aren’t mentally sharp, your decision making can be influenced to things that you don’t want or aren’t going to be successful which is why he employs the idea that he needs a minimum of eight hours sleep and will try to do his most mentally challenging tasks in the morning around 10am when he is most sharp. The other window where he believes is the peak of his productivity is early evening and he will also do a lot of his work during this productive period.