Marissa Mayer Quotes
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Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.
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I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year.
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I think what's really amazing is that given the scale of the web and getting the compute power we have today, we're starting to see things that appear intelligent but actually aren't semantically intelligent.
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The turning point for me was realizing that I would learn more at Google, trying to build a company, regardless of whether we failed or succeeded, than I would at any of the other companies I had offers from.
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I think that burnout happens because of resentment. That notion that, 'Wow, I worked 100 hours last week, and I couldn't even have this thing that I really wanted.'
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I think I’ve always thought of culture as DNA. I don’t know a lot about genetics, but I understand some of it and I think that what you really want are the genes that are positive to hyper-express themselves in culture.
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The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV.
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I think, you know, a fellow CEO said to me that the interesting thing about being CEO that's really striking is that you have very few decisions that you need to make, and you need to make them absolutely perfectly.
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Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.
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If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.
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You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.
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To me, speed is really about convenience.
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I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.
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I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.
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I think that the big piece here is that it really allows us to partner. Yahoo! has always been a very friendly company.
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I like to stay in the rhythm of things. My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it.
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Good students are good at all things.
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It was the height of the first boom, so it was 1999. It was a good year to be a graduate in computer science.