Megan Smith
Megan Smith
Megan J. Smith is the Chief Technology Officer of the United States. She was previously a vice president of Google at Google, was vice president of business development at Google for nine years, and was general manager of Google.org and the former CEO of Planet Out. She serves on the boards of MIT and Vital Voices, is a member of the USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid and co-founded the Malala Fund. On September 4, 2014, she was named as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
history technical women
I've been working on the lost history of technical women.
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Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general.
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I've seen her, and she didn't look pregnant at all.
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People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down.
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The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to.
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Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value.
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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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The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking.
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Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science.
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I wish I could put her heart and determination into all of my girls. She has the mentality that this is my year.
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If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome?
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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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Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code.
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She's always pushed and pushed and always asked what she could do better. She's always been a hard worker, but this year she has the confidence to go with it.