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Cher Wang, the most powerful female tech executive you've never heard of
- fallentimes 18y agoI wish the NY times wouldn't make me login so I wouldn't have to use BugMeNot every single time. At least there's an ff plugin.
- aston 18y agoIf NYT makes you login, clear your cookies. Easy peasy.
- fallentimes 18y agoCompletely forgot about that - thank you!
- pg 18y agoThat's what I always do. I wonder if you could make a browser plugin that just did this automatically. Can plugins clear cookies?
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- Zev 18y agoHave you tried blocking cookies from NY Times completely in the Prefs -> Privacy -> "Exceptions" area. Also, there is https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1243 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1243 - which does the same thing as adding to Exceptions, but with a different way of adding sites to the rules afaik. Also, there's the whole "Private Browsing..." mode in Safari, but I couldn't find something similar last time I hunted for something along those lines in Firefox built in.
- pg 18y agoI think I tried it and the NYT refused to show me pages.
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- sharkfish 18y ago"HTC had strong engineers developing notebooks, said Mr. Chen. But it was a volatile business with lots of competitors. She saw that clearly and pushed for the other instead." I'm curious as to how she decided cell phones over notebooks. Cell phones seem to be uber-competitive, too.
- brandnewlow 18y agoPerhaps not in 1987?
- cdr 18y agoThe article says 1997.
- motoko 18y agoRemember girls, you too can be empowered to be the daughter of one of the richest men in the world. Grrlpower!
- whacked_new 18y agoIt is one thing to have access to large resources, but quite another to be able to use large resources effectively. Wang has proven herself capable in her own right. Headstart or not, she deserves much respect and inspires many. Her (late) father has quite an amazing story himself. If you count Cher as continuing his legacy, it is the result of two generations of rags-to-riches hard work.
- cellis 18y agoI'm sorry, i've never been inspired by anyone that turned some millions into billions. Her story is no different than that of Donald Trump. edit: Donald Trump, sans the outsize hyperbolic attitude.
- whacked_new 18y agoFair point, but perhaps approach it from a different perspective. Her father did not even complete grade school, but built a highly respected empire in a field most people would not think much about. He lives frugally and champions diligence. His children (and children-in-law) also live by admirable principles. As a legacy, it is grounded in good principles. You take and you give back. The wealth follows, but is secondary. It is inspiring to see leaders in this class, no matter if they accumulate millions or billions. The hyperbolic attitude, I think, makes a world of difference, and makes a terrible comparison.
- cellis 18y agoOk point taken. But Fred Trump was similar to her father, i don't think he went to college. Perhaps i am inspired by people that are successful, but much more by people like Mark Cuban, who came from nothing. Much harder and merits much, much more respect.
- whacked_new 18y ago> you've never heard of We've heard about her alright. Just as much as we've heard about the CEOs of Asus, Hynix, Toyota, Lenovo, and Haier. Cultural, perhaps?
- zasz 18y agoGoddamn it, why do we still feel the need to emphasize "the most powerful FEMALE" executive bit? Isn't it enough to recognize that she's damn powerful without taking her out of the general pool of executives and thereby not comparing her to male executives?