4. Who has been the most influential person in your life? Why?
Without a doubt, my mother. She had polio as a child and missed a lot of school but wound up as salutatorian of her high school class. She worked full time, had six children and served as a perfect example of a woman who had it all.
5. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to women beginning their careers in technology?
The most valuable lesson is that you and you alone manage your career.
Don't hook your hopes on someone else's rise that they will take you with
them. The only thing that is for certain is change. Evaluate any input you get from coaches and mentors, and then do what you think is right and it'll all work out.
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?
Genetic cloning, used in the wrong ways has the potential to do harmful things to society. As for positive impact, the human genome project and other biotechnology initiatives I think will have a dramatic impact in the ability to proactively treat diseases and solve quality of life problems.
Nora Denzel 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?