Argentina Safety Regulations
One week in Buenos Aires really makes you appreciate the things the U.S. gets right – simple things, like safety regulations. The sidewalks are uneven and have gaping holes. Lane dividers in the road...
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Drink for the Cure / Bid for the Cure – Charity Auction
I usually don’t cross-post Seattle Anti-Freeze events, but this one’s for a good cause… Drink for the Cure / Bid for the Cure – Charity AuctionOct 1, 2008 at 8pm (Location TBD – Belltown / Downtown)...
View ArticleTechCrunch: "Why Google Employees Quit"
Last week, TechCrunch re-posted snippets from an email list for former googlers. This article was set up to make an obvious conclusion: Google is not the fairy tale land of employment. Wait, wait, you...
View ArticleOne Year Post-Google
Last weekend marked my one year anniversary of leaving Google. So, with that said, here’s my one year re-cap! What have I been doing? EmptySpaceAds: I joined EmptySpaceAds as its VP of Engineering,...
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In Defense of Outsourcing
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve started outsourcing. A lot. Most of the outsourcing goes to an (awesome) assistant in the Philippines, who does everything from online research to document editing. She’s...
View ArticleThink Less, Experiment More: 5 Lessons on Entrepreneurship
A guest blog post I wrote for Women Grow Business: Working for Microsoft, Google and Apple, I not only became a better engineer – I became a better entrepreneur. Their successes and failures,...
View ArticleReneging on a Job Offer – Is It Ever Acceptable?
A candidate recently came to me seeking the advice for the following situation: A few weeks after accepting a software development position with Dell, he received an offer from Microsoft as a Program...
View ArticleTechnology — Past, Present, Future
This week, I delivered two keynotes, both to middle school and high school girls interested in technology careers. The first one was for the Philadelphia area awards dinner for the Aspirations in...
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Marissa Mayer, Fatherhood, and Having It All
Me and My Father Being career-focused and a woman (and a woman who comes from a line of female engineering entrepreneurs who obviously had children too), naturally everyone wants to know my thoughts on...
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I only got that job because I’m a girl
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that in my life. You only got that job because you’re a girl. Sometimes it’ll be more subtle — worded in the form of a question, or possibly directed at...
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