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16 quotes by Ruchi Sanghvi

Ruchi Sanghvi (born January 20, 1982) is an Indian computer engineer. She was the first female engineer hired by the social-networking website Facebook. Sanghvi was Facebook's principal product manager, where she oversaw Facebook Platform and News Feed. She was responsible for the company’s Platform product strategy and new product initiatives. Sanghvi was an early engineer at Facebook and one of the primary developers for News Feed. Prior to...
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Engineers are either aggressive or passive aggressive. You need to just dive straight into it, and sometimes there are social repercussions because... →

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Engineers love to optimize problems. Now I optimize logistical problems. I ask: 'What's the goal? What are our constraints? What is the... →

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Dropbox looks really simple to the end user and is extremely magical and just works. But under the hood, the complexity of the technology is huge.... →

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Cove is essentially a collaboration, coordination and communication tool for the administration of organizations and communities, from the Stanford... →

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Only great people can make great products.

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The journey from employee to entrepreneur was a complex and taxing one for an immigrant like me.

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Facebook has woven itself into the fabric of our lives and the foundation of the Internet. I think everything will be redefined because people are... →

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When I started out in Facebook, it had only 20 people. I saw it grow to a thousand employees and from five million users to over a billion users. I... →

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I was one of the key people responsible for building Facebook's News Feed. When we launched it in 2006, users hated it. There were 'I Hate... →

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If I don't ask for something, I'm not going to get it.

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When I started Cove, I spoke to three immigration lawyers who gave me a long checklist of things to do before my company could hire immigrants.

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Just ask for what you want. I requested a six-month break from Facebook to visit my parents; I asked to switch projects. I told my husband it was... →

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Kids in college often look for mentors and role models to model their careers after, and women don't have the equivalent of a Steve Jobs or Bill... →

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