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" YouTube has moved culture forward in attitudes - on refugees, on LGBT issues - especially trans issues. There was untapped demand there; a lot of our users would still be under-served without us. We're a platform that enables everyone to have a voice. "

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" I've seen all of these decisions that have been made by all these great leaders who have been part of Google, and this has been an opportunity for me when I'm running YouTube, is to be able to take advantage of all of those memories. "

Susan Wojcicki

Decisions

Great

Memories

" After my kids go to bed, I check email. It's about having that balance. "

" Even though it was a start-up with fewer than 20 people, and I was pregnant with my first child, the best decision I've ever made was to join Google in 1999. Worst decision? Deciding to get a puppy and a bunny right when the baby came. "

" 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. "

" You see a lot of powerful women on the Internet, but I wish there were more. I think the Internet really could use a lot more women. "

" People at different stages of their lives are doing different things, and they're all using Google. "

" If women don't participate in tech, with its massive prominence in our lives and society, we risk losing many of the economic, political, and social gains we have made over decades. "

" 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. "

" YouTube has so much great content. And it really has something for everybody. And people come up to me all the time and talk to me about how YouTube has changed their life, how they've been able to learn something they didn't think they could learn. "

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

" Mobile is an incredibly fast-growing market and will continue to be. "

" If a third of Americans' time is being spent online, why is only a quarter of ad dollars spent there? It's not proportional. "

" Google is a consumer brand and people need to be comfortable. If we were just an advertising brand we wouldn't have the same concerns. We've always tried to promote transparency and choice among our users. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Employing more women at all levels of a company, from new hires to senior leaders, creates a virtuous cycle. Companies become more attuned to the needs of their female employees, improving workplace culture while lowering attrition. "

" I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons. "

" 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. "

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

" As someone who's been lucky to have a great career in tech, I know how creative and fulfilling a career in this industry can be for women. And I want to make sure we continue to recruit and retain great female hires. "

" 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. "

" Paid leave is a not just a mother and child issue, it's a societal issue we have. "

" I am responsible for creating and overseeing the future products that make up Google Advertising. "

" Even in a culture where people are well meaning, there are sometimes 'microaggressions.' People who will just cut you off. You'll be talking, and someone will interrupt you. That's become a big pet peeve of mine. "

" Advertising is a very fundamental need, so I don't think it's going to go away. "

Susan Wojcicki

Advertising

Going

" I think the phone is a really personal device in a lot of ways. If you drop your phone or lose it there's a moment of panic. On the other hand there's a lot of control that users have. "

" 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. "

" What's important is that I do my job really well, that I build great products and that I'm a great leader. All those things matter independent of gender. But I do think there's a responsibility for me to support other women at Google. "

Susan Wojcicki

Leader

Responsibility

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