Occupation: Engineer Birth: May 30, 1975
People ask me all the time: 'What is it like to be a woman at Google?' I'm not a woman at Google, I'm a geek at Google. And being a geek is just grea….
People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together..
New beginnings – professional, personal, or come what may – are always uncomfortable, but being open to them is the only way to grow. In the end, we ….
It is wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. It challenges you to think and work on a different level. If you play with bett….
Innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and vision..
Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list..
Do something youre not ready to do. In the worst case, youll learn your limitations..
If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen..
I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful..
I realized in all the cases where I was happy with the decision I made, there were two common threads: Surround myself with the smartest people who c….
Your rhythm is what matters to you so much that when you miss it you're resentful of your work...So find your rhythm, understand what makes you resen….
To me, the future is personalization ..
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do th….
You have to ruthlessly prioritize..
You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you..
I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines..
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room..
If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutra….
This is one of my favorites. People think of creativity as this sort of unbridled thing, but engineers thrive on constraints. They love to think thei….
Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter..
I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next..