10/24/16 1:20 pm (Skype)  BY JAE BUTLER

 

Objective: I wanted to know how women in IT Field balance her Work and personal life. And how to be more productive in her daily lives.

 

Nari graduated from UCLA with a Computer Science degree and she just started working at Disney this summer. She spends on average 4-5 hours a sleep every day and other then that she’s on her computer working. She doesn’t have any time to catch up with her friends due to time. But one things that distract her the most is social media. Nari was always on social media since high school and she said “Social Media get my stress off “but the problem was that when she’s on it she doesn’t know when to get off. She talked about how to balance her career, social, and sleep life. At work she tends to get distracted by the internet frequently leading to fall behind her work and decreased work quality. Nari doesn’t like to waste time on social media that disrupt her workflow. Her Problem comes from her interaction with technology but she seems to be unaware of time when on these sites and would put work to do something easier. With more reminders especially popup that shows on her devices/ application on her mobile device or computer she can start be more aware of her usage. Not only that by having place where she can see her progression of not wasting time via a visual display will comfort her to motivate and continue to have a goal. Awareness can be raised especially when the reminder shows up in her media feeds and her browser. Couple things that I learned interviewing Nari is that everyone is vulnerable, there is no perfect people. And allowing unproductivity happens to create a social environment that says that being distracted is okay. And pumping work at last minutes is acceptable since everyone is doing it. Our groups want to build an app and a website that helps user to limit their access to social media and manage time when they are on it.

 

The interview help me acknowledges problems people face today. She help me spot the flaws that people have due to vulnerability. Awareness and discipline will help users to keep on track and be more productive.