Quite so. It's a meritocracy as long as you use your initials instead of your given name and telecommute.

I loathe her.

it's cute how she thinks she's talking

@raincoaster: If you just use the initials ASL, they'll never suspect a thing.

@Vulture: I feel as if I already know you so well. Did we fuck once?

A "meritocracy" and "caring about ideas" are somewhat orthogonal to the issue and orthogonal to each other. I would make the observation that in the rarified atmosphere she occupies, the gender dynamics are a bit different than in the Silicon Valley trenches.

Silicon Valley is largely a meritocracy, but that has to be qualified with a pile of caveats and conditionals that make it look a lot less so.

umm... Silicon Valley could use more of that something called sexy hot guys :-D

And don't forget about her husband, Dave Goldberg former head of Yahoo! Music and co-founder of Launch.com

Well one thing is clear, she has the 20 second "Full of Shit Soundbite" absoultey nailed. Must have picked that one up in DC. Honestly, is this woman full of shit or what? Next thing you know she'll be spewing sound bites about wealth redistribution, and income maximums...unless of course it has anything to do with her stockpile or future earnings potential or any of her "friends".

Whoever did that Google publicity photo was a genius!

Maybe she's attempting to illustrate that unattractive women can make it in the valley. Obviously.

@jessicam:

What is sexier, a founder of a successful company, or a man with a sculpted six-pack and large arms?

One wonders if she's a Harvard legacy. You know what they say about Harvard, "the hard part is getting in, not graduating"

"People really care about ideas here. None of the old school where'd-you-come-from stuff applies in Silicon Valley"

Is that why, in nearly all of their job descriptions, Google not only lists that a college degree is required, but that it also be from a "top-tier" program.

Sure, ideas are all that matter, provided you first came from one of those places that she's saying aren't important to come from.

"the hard part is getting in, not graduating" - that can also be applied to Stanford as well. A colleague of mine went there and that was the joke you heard most often, especially at their business school.

Everything is equal in the Valley, it's just that some things like Harvard and the Clinton White House are more equal than others. Duh!

A recipient of the oldboys network states that it didn't have any bearing on her career. Born on third and thinks it was merit.

LOL

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