Protecting Your Focus Time with Julie Yang, VP of Product at Spec
- Author
- Cassidy Williams, Zach Plata, Julie Yang
- Published
- Wed 04 Jan 2023
- Episode Link
- https://the-dev-morning-show-at-night.simplecast.com/episodes/protecting-your-focus-time-with-julie-yang-vp-of-product-at-spec-BHWV95vu
This episode features an interview with Julie Yang, Vice President of Product at Spec. Julie’s extensive career took her to companies like Bloomberg, Bain & Company, and Bestow Life Insurance where she served as a software developer, management consultant, and product manager.
In this episode, Cassidy and Zach sit down with Julie to discuss prioritizing productivity, setting boundaries, and the meaning of life.
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Episode Timestamps:
(01:21): What Julie is working on right now
(02:44): What Julie’s day-to-day looks like
(07:09): How Julie got into the industry
(15:58): Rapid Fire Questions
(29:16): Random Segment Generator
(37:43): Cassidy’s Sage Advice
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“In a hybrid or full remote work position, people try to demonstrate that they're on the job or that they're working. And so the most visible way to do this day-to-day, ends up being responsiveness. And so, people are always breaking their focus time to respond to a work chat, email. Or some people just like helping other people and interacting when they're at home with their coworkers through these chat programs. I think it turns out to be like a fire drill kind of way of working, where you just work on whatever pops up. Which I don't think is necessarily the most prioritized way of working.” – Julie Yang
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