Tech Career Quotes

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design.

While I wouldn't object to work at a restaurant or a different place that sells decent-or-better food, I think that I can learn much more by becoming a coder.

After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field.

I'm kind of a retired software engineer. I don't write code anymore.

I was a little hesitant at taking the job at Atari. I had never programmed for a living and I worried it might get boring (building circuits seemed more fun). But I would probably still be in the video game business.

I actually love technology. I worked for 18 years as systems analyst in technology.

Oracle is my second job ever that did not involve waitressing. But I still have my waitress apron just in case this does not work out. It's just that I fell in love with software when I was programming in college. When I was an investment banker, there were mostly mainframe companies and very few software ones.

Long story short: I didn't start out thinking I'd be a tech entrepreneur.

If I understood the great opportunities that are available to women and underrepresented minorities in the field of tech I would have made the transition from traditional engineering to the technology field much earlier in my career.

Right now is a great time to be a woman in tech, but there's not enough women in tech.

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.

As someone who's been lucky to have a great career in tech, I know how creative and fulfilling a career in this industry can be for women. And I want to make sure we continue to recruit and retain great female hires.

If I had to guess what the future's going to look like for me - assuming it's not an orange jumpsuit in a hole - I think I'm going to alternate between tech and policy.

I'd love a job at Facebook.

I've always wanted to get involved in the tech industry, but hadn't come across anything that really clicked for me.

I'm going to be in technology for a long time.

Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.

I've spent a career working in tech as a software engineer. And I believe regulated markets are the best way to build and deliver innovative products.

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 a career in technology.