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" Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important. "

Megan Smith

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" I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical. "

" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "

" It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. "

" The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking. "

" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "

" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "

" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "

" I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more. "

" We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. "

" For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back. "

" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "

" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "

" People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down. "

" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "

" It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down. "

" We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. "

" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "

" We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. "

" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "

" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "

" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "

" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "

" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "