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Talent is what drives technology companies.

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Marissa Mayer
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 30
Business Executive
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Wausau
Wisconsin
Marissa Ann Mayer
Companies
Talent
Technology
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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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Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination.
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Straight lines don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature, so the human touch in the logo is that all the lines and forms have at least a slight curve.
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What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't.
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I was Google's first woman engineer.
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Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.
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Find something you're passionate about and just love. Passion is really gender neutralizing.
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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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With data collection, 'the sooner the better' is always the best answer.
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You have to ruthlessly prioritize.
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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 took the entire internet and laid it end to end, it would weigh more than the other thing. It would weigh more than it would if it wasn't laid end to end. Like, if it was a ball of rolled up internet it would weigh less. I'm pretty sure. It depends on the size of the scale, I think.
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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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The mobile phone acts as a cursor to connect the digital and physical.
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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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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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I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines.
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For me the core principles of privacy online are transparency, choice and control.
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I think it’s very comforting for people to put me in a box. ‘Oh, she’s a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.’
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If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.
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