Here we move again.

A girl turns into CEO of 1 of essentially the most top profile tech corporations within the world, and the subject individuals are discussing tomorrow? She is pregnant. Six months pregnant.

Suddenly, all of us have an opinion approximately her very non-public resolution to have a child as though Marissa Mayer is certainly one of our members of the family. My place of business is abuzz: "IT'S her first baby, she doesn't understand what she in for," "you cannot breastfeed in an office," "possibly she's going to modification issues for running girls". The feedback stick with it coming.

Hmmm. Can somebody inform me the parental standing of the previous CEO's of Yahoo (YHOO). How in regards to the past due Steve Jobs or the present Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, or Google's (GOOG) Larry Page?

Probably not, as a result of but even so Carol Bartz, all

these best professionals are men, and as a society, we do not really feel the necessity to suggest them or pass judgement on them concerning the replica choices they make outdoor the workplace. We reserve that for girls.

Full disclosure right here. I'M REALLY NOT a mother.

But listed here are the facts.

Mayer is a bright, Stanford trained girl who prior to achieving FORTY has risen to the highest of the ranks of Google, essentially the most robust tech corporate at the planet, and now, is taking up the huge problem of turning round an organization that used to be a Google contender.

Do I AM HOPING that she makes issues more straightforward for women, similar to my buddies who combat on a daily basis with balancing circle of relatives and paintings existence? Do I AM HOPING that she attracts consideration to the desire for firms to be versatile to a wide variety of circle of relatives wishes if it is a ill kid or a loss of life discern. Completely. Do I BELIEVE it's most probably? No.

But how Marissa Mayer makes a decision to juggle having a circle of relatives and professional existence is none of our industry. And, actually if she will be ready to flip round Yahoo, she'll in finding that elevating a kid might be a snap.

Deborah Petersen is a columnist and the social media editor for the Bay Space Information Team. Touch dpetersen@mercurynews.com and join www.facebook.com/Deb.

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