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How do you keep yourself motivated and inspired in your work?
I entered the working world with undiagnosed ADHD and had to spend a lot of time figuring out ways to make my brain happy to avoid getting painfully and irritably bored from things I didn't enjoy at work. Leaning into what I enjoy at work has since had a huge influence on my career path.
Today, most of the work I do - writing, editing, strategizing, and organizing - is a flow activity of mine. It brings me joy and pride, and makes the hours pass quickly. When I am not actively in a flow state and need to find motivation, I lean on the happy chemicals (dopamine) I get from checking off on a to do list or focusing on the people I am helping by doing a task (serotonin).
What motivated you to join GD Next and what are some ways in which you participate in the ERG?
I was interested in the group when it originally formed as GD Grad but didn't have the bandwidth to support it actively at the time. Recently, I volunteered as an Intern Buddy, supporting two folks as they navigate our unique organization. When the call for leaders went out, it felt like the right next step, but I am admittedly very new to things.
Recently, I learned the phrase "send the elevator back down." It is a perfect metaphor for sharing knowledge and supporting people who are looking to grow in their career or facing challenges I've faced. This is one of my favorite ways to give back to the world, and my kids are not really the right audience. Yet.
What are the goals and values of GD Next and how do they align with your personal and professional aspirations?
I am very passionate about the work this ERG is doing in part because I struggled to find mentorship when I was earlier in my career. (Admittedly, I still do, but I'm always asking questions and learning from everyone around me). I was raised by my grandparents, and the insight they offered didn't apply to the working world I had entered. I had to push through a lot of fear, anxiety, and bad habits to get to where I am today. If I can help anyone else avoid or expedite some of those struggles, I will. There is so much about the working world they don't teach in school, even at the highest levels of academia.
What's the most challenging, yet rewarding thing that you've worked on at GoDaddy?
I've worked on several challenging projects in my time here. The most notable in my memory was developing a new approach for how developers communicate changes broadly to other developers. It was the first multi-year project I proposed and executed in my career. Supporting the global roll-out of our internal messaging platform and the migration from our old intranet were also rewarding. It's a point of pride that everyone at our company has received something I wrote, whether they knew it was from me or not. I'm thinking the rest of my team probably feels the same.
What advice would you give other individuals, starting out at GoDaddy?
I'll tell you what I told one of my GD Next Intern Buddies when they asked this question: Ask more questions. If you don't ask a lot of questions, ask more. If you ask a lot questions, ask even more. There is so much tacit knowledge here and most information is learned through people and relationships, not documentation. There is always more to the story than it first appears, and I have yet to meet anyone at GoDaddy who is not interested in helping others by sharing what they know.
What is your experience and favorite part of working with GoDaddy interns?
I've been serving as an intern buddy this summer. Volunteers like myself are paired with an intern to help them build professional relationships outside of their immediate team/projects. It makes for a more well-rounded understanding of our company, gives them another person to cheer them on, and helps expands their professional network.
I've enjoyed being able to share the knowledge I needed at that phase of my career but had no idea I needed. Joining the working world is extremely complex.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family. I like reading, writing, and designing for fun, not just for work. We watch a lot of movies, put together puzzles, and play games. I play video games, but nothing stressful - Sims and Legend of Zelda are my all-time favorites. I recently took on our Girl Scout troop because volunteering for our troop was far more fun than expected. It's another way to support my own kids as they grow and learn, and I get to help "send the elevator back down" by sharing or modeling what I've learned during troop activities.
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你如何保持工作上的动力和灵感?
在我进入工作世界之前,我患有未被诊断的注意力缺陷多动障碍,不得不花很多时间找出让我的大脑对工作感到满足的方法,以避免对我不喜欢的工作感到痛苦和不耐烦。倾向于我喜欢的事情已经对我的职业道路产生了巨大的影响。
如今,我大部分的工作——写作、编辑、策划和组织——都是一种让我流连忘返的活动。它给我带来了快乐和自豪感,让时间过得很快。当我没有处于流动状态时,需要找到动力时,我就依靠会让我分泌快乐化学物质(多巴胺)的任务清单或专注于通过任务帮助他人(血清素)来获得动力。
是什么激励你加入GD Next,以及你参与ERG的方式?
我对这个团体的兴趣始于它最初成立时的GD Grad,但当时我没有时间积极支持它。最近,我作为实习生小伙伴志愿者,支持两个人在我们独特的组织中导航。当领导人的呼吁出现时,这似乎是正确的下一步,但我承认对事物还很陌生。
最近,我了解了“让电梯返回”的短语。这是一个完美的比喻,用于分享知识和支持那些想要在事业上成长或面临我曾经面临的挑战的人们。这是我回馈世界的最喜欢的方式之一,而我的孩子并不是合适的听众。
GD Next的目标和价值观是什么,它们如何与您的个人和职业愿望相符?
我非常热衷于这个ERG所做的工作,部分原因是我在早期职业生涯中很难找到良师益友。(承认,我仍然在寻找,但我一直在问问题并从身边的每个人中学习)。我是由我的祖父母抚养长大的,他们提供的见解并不适用于我进入的工作世界。我必须克服很多恐惧、焦虑和坏习惯才能到达今天的境地。如果我能帮助任何人避免或加快一些这些挣扎,我会尽力而为。即使在最高学术领域,也还有很多有关工作世界的东西他们不教。
在GoDaddy上,你做过最具挑战性,但最有回报的事情是什么?
我在这里的时间里做了几个具有挑战性的项目。记忆中最显著的是为开发人员广泛传达更改的新方法。这是我职业生涯中提出和执行的第一个跨年项目。支持我们内部消息平台的全球推出和从旧企业网站的迁移也是很有成就感的。我们公司的每个人都收到了我写的某些东西,无论他们知道它是来自我还是不知道。我想我的团队的其他人可能也有同样的感觉。
你会给其他在GoDaddy开始工作的人什么建议?
我告诉过我的GD Next实习生伙伴之一的话:问更多的问题。如果你不问很多问题,请问更多的问题。这里有很多隐性知识,大多数信息是通过人与人之间的关系和交流得到的,而不是通过文档获得的。故事的背后总是有更多的东西,而我还没有遇到过不愿通过分享他们所知道的东西来帮助他人的GoDaddy的任何人。
你和GoDaddy实习生一起工作的经历和最喜欢的部分是什么?
这个夏天我一直作为实习生伙伴服务。像我这样的志愿者与实习生配对,帮助他们在团队/项目之外建立专业关系。这样可以更全面地了解我们公司,给他们更多的人来鼓励他们,并扩大他们的专业网络。
我喜欢分享我在那个阶段的职业生涯中需要但不知道我需要的知识。加入工作世界是非常复杂的。
您在工作之外喜欢做什么?
在工作之外,我喜欢和我的家人在一起。我喜欢读书、写作和进行设计,不仅仅是为了工作。我们看很多电影,拼图和玩游戏。我玩电子游戏,但没有压力——《模拟人生》和《塞尔达传说》是我最喜欢的游戏。最近,我承担了我们的女童军团的工作,因为志愿为我们的部队服务比预期的更有趣。这是支持自己的孩子成长和学习的另一种方式,我可以在团队活动中分享或模拟我所学到的东西。
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