INTERVIEWS OF AN OLD JOB AND A NEW JOB

INTERVIEW TO A WATCHMAKER:

Introduction:

We have chosen this interview because we think that this job will disappear or change in the future. This is because now, it’s easy to buy watches on the internet for a low price and because they are cheaper, when a watch breaks people buy another one.

The name of the interviewee is Arola Costa and she is 44 years old.

She’s a watchmaker, she makes and repairs watches in a jewelry from Monday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. She also sells jewelry.

Interview questions:

1.  Hello Erola, can you tell us the tasks that you usually do when you are at work?

•  The main task that I’ve to do is to help the costumers, I usually change batteries of watches, straps, and I try to sell all the things that we’ve got in the glass cabinets.

2.                  Which types of materials, tools and other things do you normally use to do all the tasks included on your work?

• For jewels, we need to buy silver and gold, but to open the watches and repair them, we normally use tools made of steel.

3.                  Which skills do you need to do your job?

• Mainly, it’s important to be quiet, really precise and organized because we’ve got a lot of work and all the repairs must be well catalogued.

4.                  Which studies or trainings do you need to do your job?

• It’s not necessary to have studies to do my job. I learnt from my father.

5.                  Do you use new technologies to help you doing your work?

• Yes, we need laptops to create new pieces with 3D applications before doing them really, and also to see the development of fashion related to jewellery.

6.                  How many hours do you work in one day? And in a week?

• Normally, I work from 7 to 8 hours a day from Monday afternoon until Saturday afternoon. So I work aproximately 50 hours a week.

7.                  How do you think is your job improving now, which are your predictions of it for the future?

• I think it’s improving good, in my opinion it’s a timeless business, we are always at the same pace, we don’t think a lot in the future.

8.                  How’s your job valued by society, which is the social status of your job now?

• I think that my job, globally, is well rated by society.

9.                  Is your job vocational?

• Yes, I like a lot doing my job.

10.              Can you tell us some advantages and disadvantages of doing your job?

• Advantages: comparing with other tasks, we do not tend to have physical problems because we normally are seated.
• Disadvantages: Having a shop involves a lot of hours, on the other hand, other jobs have reduced schedules, so they’ve got more free time.

11.              Have you got any funny anecdote related to your job and tasks?

• I’m sorry but at the moment, I don’t remember any.

12.              Which was the first experience you had doing your present job?

• As it has come from family, I have grown behind the counter, so I can’t remember the first experience I had.

13.              Do you think that your job is going to be important in the future, why?

• Yes, we are few and it’s an specific job and in comparison with the globalization, I consider that it will be important.

14.              Was your job important in the past?

• Yes, watches and jewelry have always been relevant, some years ago, people only used two jewelry during their life, one was bought for the communion and another one for their weddings, but they were really important.

INTERVIEW TO A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER:

Introduction:

We’ve chosen this interviewee because we think that computer programmers will be very important in the future.

As we can see, technology is getting important, so it’s easy to understand that probably, in some years, all the jobs related to this topic will be really relevant.

Our interviewee’s name is Víctor Martin-Romo and he’s 37 years old.

He’s a computer programmer,he does programs for different companies that pay for them. He normally works at home or in an office, but his timetables are usually made by him.

Interview questions:

15.               Hello Víctor,can you tell us the tasks that you usually do when you are at work?

•  I’ve got to say that I use a lot the internet,  I work on doing the management for the resolution of incidents,some technical analysis, functional analysis...

16.              Which types of materials, tools and other things do you normally use to do all the tasks included on your work?

• The most important thing is to have a laptop, normally I use a lot of different computer programs like word, eclipse,remedy,redmine and other softwares related to my tasks.               

17.              Which skills and abilities do you use or need to do your job?

• Mostly, it’s important to have a lot of patience, because in my work, I’ve got to talk with a lot of different companies that have completely different opinions.

18.              Which studies or trainings do you need to do your job?

• If you know how to do it, it’s not necessary to have studies to do my job, but normally, people who works as a computer programmer, usually have a higher degree on computer science.

19.              Do you use new technologies to help you doing your work?

• Yes, they’re really important to do my job.

20.              How many hours do you do in one day? And in a week?

• I have a flexible schedule, normally, I work the hours that I find necessary to do the tasks that I’ve got to do that day or week.

21.              How do you think is your job improving now, which are your predictions of it for the future?

• I think that is one of the sectors that always will have a job. Probably, in the future, it will be really important.

22.              How’s your job valued by society, which is the social status of your job now?

• I think that my job is in a normal social status right now.

23.              Is your job vocational?

• Yes, I like it a lot.

24.              Can you tell us some advantages and disadvantages of doing your job?

• Advantages:
• We’ve got air conditioning and if you sit in a good position you won’t have tendinitis.
• Disadvantages.
• You’ve got to be in a chair all day, and sometimes, some tasks are a little bit monotonous.

25.              Have you got any funny anecdote related to your job and tasks?

• I’m sorry but I don’t remember any.

26.              Which was the first experience you had doing your present job?

• I think that I did an online shop for a hockey company.

27.              Do you think that your job is going to be important in the future, why?

• Yes, I think it’s going to be vital, not to do my job, but yes for the development of other jobs.

28.              Was your job important in the past?

• Yes, but not in the same way. My job has been around for a lot of years, but obviously, people who worked doing what I do now, 50 years ago, wasn’t doing the same tasks as I do now.