WITI Women Survey Questions and Responses:
4. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
My partner, Terry Green has been the greatest influence in my
professional life. We've lived and worked together for 12 years
and in that time have developed a very complementary way of
working. I feel I've had the opportunity to develop my own unique
expression in our work together. Where we live and work is really
a playground where we can explore our interests.
5. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to women beginning their careers in technology?
Choose a field that keeps you curious. Every job, no matter how
glamorous, will be tedious and boring throughout the day. It should have
something about it that really gets you excited. All careers demand a great deal of tenacity. Set big goals for yourself and then don't give up. We're free to design our lives as we choose, so only take what you really want because in the end you'll have to live with what you chose.
6. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?
The Internet will have the most positive and negative influence on
people over the next 20 years. On the negative side it is yet
another means to promote the value of excessive consumerism
(biting the hand that feeds me . . . ) Advertising tends to make
people feel poor when they don't have whatever that essential (and
usually pointless) object of the moment. On the positive side it
provides the most incredible reference library and means of
communicating with people all over the world. It has the potential
of promoting a real understanding and shared knowledge among
people.
Nori-zso Tolson answers these questions:
1. What was your first job in technology?
2. Who has been your most significant mentor? Why?
3. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies
did you use to overcome obstacles?
4. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
Why?
5. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to
women beginning their careers in technology?
6. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive
impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?
On the lighter side:
1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not),
who would they be?
2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
3. If you couldn't do what you are doing now, what profession would you choose?
4. What is your definition of success?