About Susan Wojcicki: Susan Diane Wojcicki is an American technology executive. She is the current CEO of YouTube.
I have had a lot of setbacks that I have learned from.
My first job after college was at Magic Quest, an educational software startup company where I was responsible for writing the content. I found that job somewhat accidentally but after working there a few weeks and loving my job, I decided to pursue ...
There are lots of people in the Silicon Valley who are interested in working at a fast-moving, dynamic company like Google. Not just my family members.
We are a consumer company and our success is directly linked to our users trusting us. Therefore we have the same incentive as the user: they want to see relevant advertising so their experience of Google is positive and we want to deliver it.
Generally, our approach with products at Google is to first develop the right user base and then to figure out what's the right experience for the ads.
At the end of the day, both men and women who become CEOs have showed tenacity and hard work to succeed in their careers. It takes not just skills but also extreme dedication and commitment. And regardless of gender, CEOs are measured by the same cri...
Google is a business that gets paid when users want to see - want to click on - the ad. If we show ads that no one wants to see, we don't generate revenue.
It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work!
My kids know I'm home every night for dinner.
What's important is that I do my job really well, that I build great products and that I'm a great leader. All those things matter independent of gender. But I do think there's a responsibility for me to support other women at Google.
The great thing about the Internet is you can launch a product, and within just a few hours, people will tell you what they think about it.
First there's my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gender. I think that's a position that I take seriously. That's the first role. But I think for my role as a woman at Google, you try to set a good example an...
Many women assume they can't be good mothers and have challenging careers at the same time, so they might give up trying to do both as they get to a crucial point in their career. Although it can be hard at times, it's important for women to recogniz...
My smartest move was joining Google. It wasn't obvious at the time that it would be a good decision. A lot of people, many of my friends, advised me against it.
I am responsible for creating and overseeing the future products that make up Google Advertising.
Advertising is very simple in a lot of ways. Advertisers go where the users go, and users are choosing to spend a lot more time online.
My most radical shift was leaving Intel and joining Google, a small startup at the time, even though I was pregnant.
I'm excited about the opportunities with mobile phones and being able to receive information on the go and relevant to what I'm doing at that moment in time.
Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.
I love taking an idea... to a prototype and then to a product that millions of people use.
People don't understand the logistics of advertising. To have the ads purchased and run, you need to have a series of products that work together.
