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I was Google's first woman engineer.

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.

Once we increase the proportion of women in technical roles, the challenge is to retain them and ease the transition to senior positions.

While it's true that women are the minority in most tech companies, I don't think that inhibits entry into the tech space. My motto has always been, 'Live What You Love,' and as such, I think it's incredibly important to do work you believe in and to work for a company that has values that align with your own, be it in tech or another industry.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.

And so when I moved to IBM, I moved because I thought I could apply technology. I didn't actually have to do my engineer - I was an electrical engineer, but I could apply it. And that was when I changed. And when I got there, though, I have to say, at the time, I really never felt there was a constraint about being a woman. I really did not.

If more women want to be a part of the computer industry today, they have to do more to put themselves there. Nobody is keeping them out.

When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.