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Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list.

Marissa Mayer

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Marissa Mayer
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 30
Business Executive
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Wausau
Wisconsin
Marissa Ann Mayer
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I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.
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You have to ruthlessly prioritize.
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You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.
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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.
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Search occupies this wonderful moment in a user's day where it doesn't even really break along demographics, right?
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I was Google's first woman engineer.
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The Googly thing is to launch products early on Google Labs and then iterate, learning what the market wants - and making it great. The beauty of experimenting in this way is that you never get too far from what the market wants. The market pulls you back.
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Talent is what drives technology companies.
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For many people, Google is the most important tool on the Web.
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Do something youre not ready to do. In the worst case, youll learn your limitations.
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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-neutralizing force.
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The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.
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When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.
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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 better players, you learn a lot: perspectives, intellectual arguments, new ways of thinking about things.
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I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it.
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Innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and vision.
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If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.
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My friend Andre said to me, 'You know, Marissa, you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself to pick the right choice, and I've gotta be honest: That's not what I see here. I see a bunch of good choices, and there's the one that you pick and make great.' I think that's one of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten.
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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 great. I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.
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With data collection, 'the sooner the better' is always the best answer.
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