Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.
Susan WojcickiRead
I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons.
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What this quote means
Susan Wojcicki emphasizes the importance of diversity in the workplace and her role in setting a positive example as a leader.
In this quote, Susan Wojcicki reflects on her unique position as a pioneering woman in the tech industry, particularly at Google, and highlights her commitment to promoting a work environment that values diversity. By sharing her personal experiences as a mother and a leader, she aims to inspire others to recognize the importance of inclusivity and support for minorities in the workplace, making it a more accommodating space for everyone.
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DiversityLeadershipInclusionWomenWorkplace
In practice
Example use cases
In a conference on corporate culture, discussing the value of inclusive environments.
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Coding is like writing, and we live in a time of the new industrial revolution. What's happened is that maybe everybody knows how to use computers, like they know how to read, but they don't know how to write.
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Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. 'Here, open it, it's perfect. You'll love it.' Opportunities -- the good ones -- are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They're risky. They challenge you.
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I think about my own career, and when I graduated from college, the Internet didn't really exist yet. And so not having a specific plan, being able to be opportunistic at the end, is what enabled me to make some of my best decisions, which is to go to places that were growing but that I didn't plan to have happen.
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Unless we make computer science a priority, we risk making gender, class, and racial disparities worse as jobs flow to those with a computer science background.
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