Megan Smith Quotes
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Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access.
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There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program.
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We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream.
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Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.
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Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.
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I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical.
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It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down.
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I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more.
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What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface.
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I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard.
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Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry.
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We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started.
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For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back.
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Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you.
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The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation.
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I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.
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It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases.
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There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more.
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We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys.
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Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important.
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Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code.
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Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally.
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There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea.
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It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality.