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" My first job after college was at Magic Quest, an educational software startup company where I was responsible for writing the content. I found that job somewhat accidentally but after working there a few weeks and loving my job, I decided to pursue a career in technology. "

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" People don't understand the logistics of advertising. "

" 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. "

" Many women assume they can't be good mothers and have challenging careers at the same time, so they might give up trying to do both as they get to a crucial point in their career. Although it can be hard at times, it's important for women to recognize the benefits of working outside the home. "

" Generally, our approach with products at Google is to first develop the right user base and then to figure out what's the right experience for the ads. "

" If you are working 24/7, you're not going to have any interesting ideas. "

" There are lots of people in the Silicon Valley who are interested in working at a fast-moving, dynamic company like Google. Not just my family members. "

" The great thing about the Internet is you can launch a product, and within just a few hours, people will tell you what they think about it. "

" Google has been doing well. As much as possible we're trying to share back with the employees. They will continue to create a lot of value. "

" In every organization, there are many people, from senior leaders to first-time managers, who have the power to elevate women in the workplace. I wouldn't be in the position I'm in today without several key people in power believing in me and giving me a chance to succeed. "

" It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work! "

" I see tech as... a force that is changing pretty much all parts of our society. It's really sad for me that we don't have enough women that are part of that. "

" Suddenly, when you have kids, you become responsible for these other people - like if something's not working out at school. I learned to speak out. "

" My kids know I'm home every night for dinner. "

" Your kids get something from your career, and your career will get something from your kids. "

" Ads get a bad reputation sometimes because they're not useful. They're not relevant, or slow. "

" If everybody has to take biology and chemistry, they can take computer science. Computer science is a more useful skill right now than a lot of other things that people are learning at school. "

" My most radical shift was leaving Intel and joining Google, a small startup at the time, even though I was pregnant. "

" People used to say that advertising wasn't in Google's DNA, and that's obviously not true anymore. They used to say that display advertising isn't in Google's DNA, and that's not true any more. "

" 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. "

" I love taking an idea... to a prototype and then to a product that millions of people use. "

" I don't feel like I'm a perfect mom, and then there are times at work where I feel like maybe I wasn't perfect here because of constraints on my time. But having the sum of both of those things going on in my life makes me a better mom at the end of the day, and I think gives me really important perspectives in the workplace as well. "

" I think video advertising is a hugely compelling medium. "

" Whether it's salary or a promotion or a job, I think it's important for women to ask for what they think they deserve. "

" Let's face it: Engineering companies in general have more men than women. Google has tried really hard to recruit women. On the other hand, we have a standard. Google tries to recruit the best engineers. "

" Growth is always essential. Running any tech company, you want to make sure you're growing. Putting in place all of the right structure to be able to ensure growth. "

" First there's my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gender. I think that's a position that I take seriously. That's the first role. But I think for my role as a woman at Google, you try to set a good example and be a role model for the other women in the organization. "

" I love creating. I had been really into photography when I was in college. "

" My smartest move was joining Google. It wasn't obvious at the time that it would be a good decision. A lot of people, many of my friends, advised me against it. "