Facebook’s Mary Lou Jepsen: Tech Still Tough for Women
Mary Lou Jepsen has a high-level position working with virtual reality, but she shed some light on the actual reality for females trying to advance in the tech sector.
Mary Lou Jepsen has a high-level position working with virtual reality, but she shed some light on the actual reality for females trying to advance in the tech sector.
The Facebook executive director of engineering, who leads the display group at recent acquisition Oculus VR, spoke with Rachel Bracker of Re/code about her experiences at Google X and Facebook.
When asked if she ever considered leaving the technology sector, Jepsen replied:
You see very senior women leaving technology and the men stay, mostly because they feel quite isolated and are isolated by the very systems.
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