Even though the position of women in IT is strengthening every day, the industry still remains dominated by men. Luckily for us – women, there are some strong ladies climbing up the career ladder and setting up new standards.
The story of Marissa Mayer in latest Vogue, is a good example of an extraordinary woman in an environment actually dominated by men. As described in the magazine “the 34-year-old megamillionaire, Oscar de la Renta– obsessed, computer-programming Google executive who lives in a penthouse atop the Four Seasons, San Francisco (…) demolishes old-fashioned oppositions of beauty and brains, or women and science, or chic and geek”.
Marissa – an internet guru and Google executive, is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google. She is responsible for the creation of such product as: Gmail, Google Maps, iGoogle, Google Chrome, Google Health, and Google News. She graduated with honors from Stanford University and was the first woman to be hired in, a company with silly name, Google. Additionaly, Fortune magazine lists her as one of the 50 most powerful women in the world.
Marissa is not yet in her mid thirties but what she accomplished is extremely impressive and inspiring to women all over the world.
Among her, other ladies conquered the industry – Carleton Fiorin- served as chief executive officer at H&P, Esther Dyson- was the first interim chairperson of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Grace Hopper-pioneer in the IT field , Margaret “Meg” Whitman- former President and Chief Executive Officer of Ebay. Research has proved women are statistically less susceptible to stress, more efficient and rather stay calm in difficult situations.
I guess those abilities help us in coping with everyday’s work activities, especially on executive positions.
Power belongs (also) to us – ladies – just be strong and brave enough to reach for it!
Read the entire article about Marissa here…
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we can definitely move mountains!