My Maternity Leave Will Be A Few

It Is Wonderful To Work In An Environment With A Lot Of Smart People. It Challenges You To Think And Work On A Different Level. If You Play With Better Players, You Learn A Lot: Perspectives, Intellectual Arguments, New Ways Of Thinking About Things.

This Is One Of My Favorites. People Think Of Creativity As This Sort Of Unbridled Thing, But Engineers Thrive On Constraints. They Love To Think Their Way Out Of That Little Box: 'we Know You Said It Was Impossible, But We're Going To Do This, This, And That To Get Us There.'

What You Want, When You Want It. As Opposed To Everything You Could Ever Want, Even When You Don't.

My Friend Andre Said To Me, 'you Know, Marissa, You're Putting A Lot Of Pressure On Yourself To Pick The Right Choice, And I've Gotta Be Honest: That's Not What I See Here. I See A Bunch Of Good Choices, And There's The One That You Pick And Make Great.' I Think That's One Of The Best Pieces Of Advice I've Ever Gotten.

Find Something You're Passionate About And Just Love. Passion Is Really Gender Neutralizing.