?雅虎前首席執(zhí)行官瑪麗莎·梅耶爾在谷歌還是一家初創(chuàng)公司時就進(jìn)入該公司工作。當(dāng)時她無意中打開了一封本想刪除的招聘郵件,,并最終得到了這份工作。
瑪麗莎·梅耶爾最為人熟知的是她在雅虎擔(dān)任首席執(zhí)行官的經(jīng)歷,但在掌舵這家科技巨頭之前,,她偶然進(jìn)入了一個未知領(lǐng)域,,加入了一家當(dāng)時還名不見經(jīng)傳的初創(chuàng)公司谷歌。
盡管梅耶爾后來成為谷歌第20名員工和首位女工程師,,但在1999年科技泡沫最盛之時,,作為斯坦福大學(xué)(Stanford)計算機科學(xué)專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生,,她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己收到了14家大公司的錄用通知,。2011年,梅耶爾在《財富》最具影響力商界女性峰會上接受采訪時表示,,當(dāng)時她不知如何抉擇,于是仔細(xì)審視了自己在此之前做過的所有正確決定,,其中包括選擇進(jìn)入斯坦福大學(xué)深造,,放棄醫(yī)學(xué)專業(yè),以及在瑞士工作了一個夏天,。
當(dāng)她剖析是什么讓這些選擇變得如此出眾時,,她發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個共同的主題:在未知領(lǐng)域游刃有余,。
她在接受《財富》雜志采訪時表示:“我總是會去嘗試那些尚未做好充分準(zhǔn)備的事情,。”
最終,,一個偶然的機會促使她考慮谷歌這一職業(yè)選項,。據(jù)美國《商業(yè)內(nèi)幕》(Business Insider)網(wǎng)站報道,由于收件箱里有大量招聘人員的郵件,,梅耶爾本想刪除其中一封,,但因按錯鍵反而將其打開。當(dāng)她打開谷歌招聘人員的郵件時,,她回想起導(dǎo)師,、斯坦福大學(xué)教授埃里克·羅伯茨(Eric Roberts)曾告訴她應(yīng)該去認(rèn)識一下谷歌創(chuàng)始人——斯坦福大學(xué)的博士生拉里·佩奇(Larry Page)和謝爾蓋·布林(Sergey Brin)。于是,,梅耶爾沒有刪除這封郵件,,而是提出面試請求。
盡管應(yīng)聘谷歌純屬偶然,,但梅耶爾還是愿意給這家旨在徹底革新搜索行業(yè)的初創(chuàng)公司一個機會(當(dāng)時這家公司只有不到二十幾名員工),。
她說:“當(dāng)你踏足那些自己尚未準(zhǔn)備好的領(lǐng)域,那就是在挑戰(zhàn)自我,,也是實現(xiàn)成長的時刻,。”
梅耶爾的另一個成長領(lǐng)域是擔(dān)任公司董事,。Nextdoor Holdings公司提供基于社區(qū)的同名應(yīng)用程序,,該公司今年夏天任命梅爾為董事會成員。她還擔(dān)任沃爾瑪(Walmart)和美國國際電話電報公司(AT&T)的董事,。
梅耶爾認(rèn)為,,與合適的人打交道是另一大重要因素,,這一點在她規(guī)劃自己在谷歌的未來時尤為突出。梅耶爾的一位密友當(dāng)時正在谷歌工作,,并向她透露自己對佩奇和布林“印象深刻”。
梅耶爾說:"我總是加入最睿智的人組成的團體,,原因是我認(rèn)為,,當(dāng)你身邊都是聰明人時,他們會挑戰(zhàn)你,,促使你更深入地思考問題,,從而讓你達(dá)到另一個層次?!?/p>
所有這些因素都讓梅耶爾輕而易舉地做出了最終決定,。梅耶爾在谷歌工作了十多年,直至受邀出任雅虎的最高領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者,。盡管梅耶爾在雅虎任職期間經(jīng)常受到批評,,但她仍將公司股價提高了兩倍,并在2017年將公司出售給了威瑞森通信公司(Verizon),。據(jù)《財富》雜志報道,,梅耶爾如今經(jīng)營著一家名為Sunshine的人工智能初創(chuàng)公司,該公司在2020年籌集了2000萬美元資金,,“旨在簡化和學(xué)習(xí)人們的數(shù)字通訊簿”,。 (財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
?雅虎前首席執(zhí)行官瑪麗莎·梅耶爾在谷歌還是一家初創(chuàng)公司時就進(jìn)入該公司工作。當(dāng)時她無意中打開了一封本想刪除的招聘郵件,,并最終得到了這份工作,。
瑪麗莎·梅耶爾最為人熟知的是她在雅虎擔(dān)任首席執(zhí)行官的經(jīng)歷,但在掌舵這家科技巨頭之前,,她偶然進(jìn)入了一個未知領(lǐng)域,,加入了一家當(dāng)時還名不見經(jīng)傳的初創(chuàng)公司谷歌。
盡管梅耶爾后來成為谷歌第20名員工和首位女工程師,,但在1999年科技泡沫最盛之時,,作為斯坦福大學(xué)(Stanford)計算機科學(xué)專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生,她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己收到了14家大公司的錄用通知,。2011年,,梅耶爾在《財富》最具影響力商界女性峰會上接受采訪時表示,當(dāng)時她不知如何抉擇,,于是仔細(xì)審視了自己在此之前做過的所有正確決定,,其中包括選擇進(jìn)入斯坦福大學(xué)深造,放棄醫(yī)學(xué)專業(yè),,以及在瑞士工作了一個夏天,。
當(dāng)她剖析是什么讓這些選擇變得如此出眾時,,她發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個共同的主題:在未知領(lǐng)域游刃有余。
她在接受《財富》雜志采訪時表示:“我總是會去嘗試那些尚未做好充分準(zhǔn)備的事情,?!?/p>
最終,一個偶然的機會促使她考慮谷歌這一職業(yè)選項,。據(jù)美國《商業(yè)內(nèi)幕》(Business Insider)網(wǎng)站報道,,由于收件箱里有大量招聘人員的郵件,梅耶爾本想刪除其中一封,,但因按錯鍵反而將其打開,。當(dāng)她打開谷歌招聘人員的郵件時,她回想起導(dǎo)師,、斯坦福大學(xué)教授埃里克·羅伯茨(Eric Roberts)曾告訴她應(yīng)該去認(rèn)識一下谷歌創(chuàng)始人——斯坦福大學(xué)的博士生拉里·佩奇(Larry Page)和謝爾蓋·布林(Sergey Brin),。于是,梅耶爾沒有刪除這封郵件,,而是提出面試請求,。
盡管應(yīng)聘谷歌純屬偶然,但梅耶爾還是愿意給這家旨在徹底革新搜索行業(yè)的初創(chuàng)公司一個機會(當(dāng)時這家公司只有不到二十幾名員工),。
她說:“當(dāng)你踏足那些自己尚未準(zhǔn)備好的領(lǐng)域,,那就是在挑戰(zhàn)自我,也是實現(xiàn)成長的時刻,?!?/p>
梅耶爾的另一個成長領(lǐng)域是擔(dān)任公司董事。Nextdoor Holdings公司提供基于社區(qū)的同名應(yīng)用程序,,該公司今年夏天任命梅爾為董事會成員,。她還擔(dān)任沃爾瑪(Walmart)和美國國際電話電報公司(AT&T)的董事。
梅耶爾認(rèn)為,,與合適的人打交道是另一大重要因素,,這一點在她規(guī)劃自己在谷歌的未來時尤為突出。梅耶爾的一位密友當(dāng)時正在谷歌工作,,并向她透露自己對佩奇和布林“印象深刻”,。
梅耶爾說:"我總是加入最睿智的人組成的團體,原因是我認(rèn)為,,當(dāng)你身邊都是聰明人時,,他們會挑戰(zhàn)你,促使你更深入地思考問題,,從而讓你達(dá)到另一個層次,。”
所有這些因素都讓梅耶爾輕而易舉地做出了最終決定,。梅耶爾在谷歌工作了十多年,,直至受邀出任雅虎的最高領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者,。盡管梅耶爾在雅虎任職期間經(jīng)常受到批評,但她仍將公司股價提高了兩倍,,并在2017年將公司出售給了威瑞森通信公司(Verizon),。據(jù)《財富》雜志報道,梅耶爾如今經(jīng)營著一家名為Sunshine的人工智能初創(chuàng)公司,,該公司在2020年籌集了2000萬美元資金,,“旨在簡化和學(xué)習(xí)人們的數(shù)字通訊簿”。 (財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
? The former CEO of Yahoo got her start at Google when it was a startup after she accidentally opened a recruiter email she meant to delete and ultimately got the job.
Marissa Mayer is most well-known for her stint as CEO of Yahoo, but before she took the helm of the tech giant, she took a serendipitous dive into the unknown by joining a then little-known startup called Google.
Although she would later become Google’s 20th employee and first female engineer, as a graduating computer science major at Stanford during the height of the tech bubble in 1999, Mayer found herself with 14 job offers to major companies. Unsure of which to choose, Mayer took stock of all the good decisions she had made up until that time, according to an interview at Fortune’s MPW conference in 2011, which included picking Stanford, pivoting away from a major in medicine, and working in Switzerland for a summer.
When she analyzed what made those choices great, she saw a common theme: Mayer thrived in the unknown.
“I always did something I felt a little unready to do,” she told Fortune.
In the end, it was a fluke that led her to considering Google as a career option. With a flurry of recruiter emails in her inbox, Mayer went to delete one, and because of a wrong keystroke, opened it instead, according to Business Insider. When she opened the Google recruiter email she remembered that her mentor, Stanford professor Eric Roberts, had told her she should meet the founders, Stanford PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Instead of deleting the email, Mayer asked for an interview.
Despite the happenstance of her applying to Google, Mayer was willing to take a chance on the fledgling startup looking to revolutionize search, even if at the time it had fewer than two dozen employees.
“When you do something you’re not ready to do, that’s when you push yourself and when you grow,” she said.
Another area of growth for Mayer is in serving as a corporate director. Nextdoor Holdings, which offers the neighborhood-based app of the same name, this summer appointed Mayer to its board. She also serves on the boards of Walmart and AT&T.
According to Mayer, encircling herself with the right crowd is another important factor and stood out when she contemplated a future at Google. One of Mayer’s closest friends was working at Google, and said she was already “really impressed” with Page and Brin.
“I always surrounded myself with the smartest people I could find,” Mayer said. “Because I think that when you’re surrounded by smart people, they challenge you, and they make you think about things, you know, harder and and just rise to another level.”
All of those factors made Mayer’s decision easy. Mayer stayed at Google for more than a decade until she was offered the top job at Yahoo. Although Mayer was often criticized during her time there, she still tripled the company’s stock price and navigated it through a sale to Verizon in 2017. Mayer now runs an AI startup called Sunshine, which raised $20 million in 2020 “to simplify and learn from people’s digital address books,” Fortune reported.