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" I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard. "
Megan Smith
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" 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. "
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" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "
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School
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" I've been working on the lost history of technical women. "
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Been
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
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Our
Really
Expect
" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "
Megan Smith
Value
See
Power
" People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down. "
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People
Down
Ideas
" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "
Megan Smith
Unique
Passion
Kid
" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "
Megan Smith
Technology
Science
Opportunity
" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "
Megan Smith
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" 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. "
Megan Smith
World
Apple
Google
" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "
Megan Smith
Daughter
Who
Son
" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "
Megan Smith
Eye
Great
Good
" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "
Megan Smith
Million
World
Women
" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "
Megan Smith
Perfect
Second
Learn
" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "
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About
Special
Mac
" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "
Megan Smith
Facts
You
Science
" You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government. "
Megan Smith
American
Future
Government
" The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to. "
Megan Smith
Important
People
Want
" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "
Megan Smith
Infinite
History
Know
" 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. "
Megan Smith
Working
Person
Government
" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "
Megan Smith
Important
Sure
Neutrality
" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "
Megan Smith
IBM
Early
Diverse
" Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry. "
Megan Smith
Grace
Growing
Women
" 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. "
Megan Smith
Experience
Writing
Science
" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "
Megan Smith
Access
Talent
Everywhere
" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "
Megan Smith
Hand
Beginning
Like
" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "
Megan Smith
School
Think
Kindergarten
" We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results. "
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