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About me - Federico Tartarini (Readme)

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This Readme is an instruction manual for working with me. This document explains my work style, values, strengths, weaknesses, and ambitions.

🏄‍♂️ My work style​

🙏 My values​

  • Efficiency
  • Transparency
  • Collaboration
  • Growth
  • Time management

💪 My strengths​

  • Problem-solving
  • Critical thinking
  • Organised
  • Programming
  • Web development
  • Data analysis

🚫 What I don't like​

  • Spending time on unproductive meetings
  • Working on multiple projects at the same time
  • Last-minute requests
  • People who don't respect deadlines or schedules
  • Waste time in tasks that can be automated

📈 My ambitions​

I would like to become a world recognized expert in the field of thermal comfort and human thermal physiology. I would like to keep developing online tools and software to help researchers and practitioners in the field of thermal comfort.

☎️ Communicating with me​

📺 Channels​

Please only communicate with me through the following channels:

  • 📨 Emails - I check my emails in the morning every day and I try to reply within 24 hours.
    • ⇉ Please do not reply to all in emails unless it's necessary.
    • 📧 Please use a clear subject line.
    • • Please use bullet points for multiple questions or requests.
    • 🙏 No need to send "Thank you" emails. I trust you appreciate my work.
    • 🩳 Short emails to the point email are better.
  • 📞 Phone calls - if it's urgent, please call me.

I may also have an account on the following channels, but I don't check them regularly, so please don't use them to communicate with me:

  • Slack - I rarely check Slack, so please only use it for non-urgent matters and if I don't reply within 24 hours, please email me.
  • WhatsApp - I only use WhatsApp for personal matters, so please don't contact me on this channel.
  • LinkedIn - I check LinkedIn once a week, so please only use it for professional matters.
  • Twitter - I never check Twitter, so please don't contact me on this channel.
  • Facebook - I never check Facebook, so please don't contact me on this channel.

🕖 Time​

  • I work from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday.
  • I don't work on weekends.
  • You can contact me outside of working hours, but I will not reply until the next working day.
  • I respect other coworkers' time and I try to be punctual for meetings and deadlines.
  • I really appreciate it when others are punctual too.

📝 Meetings​

  • I prefer to have meetings right before or after lunch.
  • I prefer to have short meetings (30 minutes) and I like to have an agenda.
  • I am happy to have one-on-one meetings in person or online.

🍾 Style and 📈 Feedback​

  • I love discussing ideas and brainstorming, so feel free to reach out to me if you have any ideas or suggestions.
  • I love giving and receiving feedback, so please don't hesitate to give me feedback on my work.
  • I prefer direct communication, so please be honest and straightforward with me.

📚 Tools​

I use the following tools for work:

  • Python
  • LaTeX
  • GitHub
  • JetBrain
  • PowerPoint
  • Overleaf
  • Inkscape

Please let me know if you need help with any of these tools.

I am okay to use these other tools if needed:

  • JavaScript
  • Word (but I prefer LaTeX)
  • Excel (but I prefer Python)
  • Google Docs (but I prefer Word)

I do not know how to use these tools:

  • R
  • Tableau
  • Power BI

⬅️ From you to me​

Please let me know how you like to work and what I can do to help you be successful. Please share your preferred communication style, feedback preferences, and any other information that will help us work together effectively and try to answer the following questions:

  • 🐇 Motivators: What feedback styles, content, and channels give you energy and make you the best version of yourself at work?
  • 🐢 Demotivators: What feedback styles, content, and channels do you find the most challenging to see as constructive at work?
  • 📝 Areas of note: What things are you looking for feedback?

➡️ From me to you​

I like to give constructive feedback and I will give you feedback in the following ways:

  • Directly
  • In writing
  • In person
  • In a group setting
  • In private
  • In a structured way

Please let me know if you have a preference for how you receive feedback.

🏗️ Working Together​

🤝 Working on a team

I love working on a team and I like to:

  • Plan experiments
  • Design experiments
  • Write code
  • Analyze data
  • Present results
  • Talk with media

What I like less is:

  • Writing
  • Formatting

💡 Life​

I love:

  • spend time with my family and friends
  • to travel
  • spend time in nature (hiking, camping, swimming, etc.)
  • watch educational videos
  • listen to podcasts
  • publish YouTube videos