Facebook COO's surprising advice to women

Here's some advise. Stop posting dirty pictures of youselves on facebook and learn to respect yourselves.

The most important career choice is to choose a job you can be reasonably happy in ( very few find jobs that fill them with joy, that's why they call it work and why we get paid to do it, because someone else doesn't want to. But I say you ought at least like what you do.)

The job should pay you enough to fullfill your dreams. (If you dream big go to school and be prepared to work hard. Nothing is cheap and there are NO free rides.)

It should also afford you the right work life balance in that you ought to have enough time to do the tings you are earning the money for. (Hobbies, travel, cars, housing, reacreation, etc.)

The advice of the woman above might work for her but is far too specific to be applied to anyone else on the planet really.

Most importantly remember that your career does not define you. YOu define you. Who are you away from work? Before you started working there? who will you be after you retire? You are you not

This is poorly written and too short on explanations. and therefore difficult to understand.
ie. What is a "leave before they leave" job? "the person leaning in"?
Also, I feel sorry for Willie who believes that work is only about money. Your career a major part of your life, on average, more than 40 hours per week. Do you live for money? I hope not. I agree that choosing a suitable partner has a huge effect on your professional success. They have to be supportive of your goals and appreciative of your success.

Remember folks, this advice is from a company that was founded on the theft of a bunch of Tech students ideas.

For a second I thought I was gonna get the career advice of the century....

*disappointed*

The same is true for men - having a good wife also is an important career choice. If you marry someone whose own career or other needs are always more important than your goals and needs, you similarly are not going to get anywhere.

I think women are making greater strides than they are being given credit for. Yes most CEO's etc are men but if you look at their ages most of them are quite old so I think you will see a big change over the next 10 to 15 years. As for disliking women who are successful, I disagree with that generalization. Our organization at the top levels has more women than men. They are judged based on their abilities and personalities ie. some of them are very highly regarded while others are not liked (by men or women) because they are incompetent and/or because they are nasty - exactly the same way we judge the men at the top.

facebook, coo, it is only about the money, this advice is bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HERE IS THE SECRET, EITHER YOU ARE LUCKY OR THE RIGHT PEOPLE KNOW YOU.

SERIOUSLY..ENOUGH WITH THE STUFF ABOUT THE JEWS ALREADY! JUST FOCUS ON WHAT SHE'S SAYING, NOT HER RELIGION! JESUS!

This sounds like an article based on an exerpt from a much longer talk she gave about a year ago. In the talk she mentioned going to a meeting where no one in the boardroom could tell her where the ladies' washroom was.
I don't think the only way for a woman to be successful in life is tohave a high powered career but here are certainly many barriers to overome for women who do choose to go that route - and a marriage to a man who is okay with your job as long as you are home in time to cook dinner every night and make sure the house is clean may not be a woman's best choice if she wants that high powered career (and yes, sometimes that career also precludes children, at least for awhile).

Lmao! Sure we all will follow your advice I mean why would we not be able to trust a money grubbing capitalist pig?

It is also important what your last name reads and whom you know....that kind of things....

"Sandberg also cited two studies: 1) when it comes to GPA, men usually remember their number as slightly higher, and women usually remember theirs as slightly lower; and 2) people like men who are successful, but not women who are"
She takes a gender-biased swipe at men and then uses a summation of perceived personality traits to decry gender bias as limiting to career success.
Terribly confusing message.
I agree that the absolute most important career choice to _anyone_ is their marriage.
25 years into my career it is a fact that far more of my "successful" peers from my early days are women. The deciding factor is their leadership. Their ability to negotiate agreements with peers, their management as well as their entrepreneurial skills.
Simplistically - men or women who impose by physical presence or break out the tissue box don't go far. No one "likes" a bully or bit*h or a crier in the boardroom.

so true!! people are so jealous of others success, and yes who you marry makes the difference for sure!!!!!!!
I cannot believe the true hate people feel towards you because you are successful a very thick skin is required and the ability to push those people aside, they are clearly not happy for you so why have them around it is very sad but I understand of so well......

I sense a lot of single women in the future.....if they listened to her....throw 4 kids into the equation, then we will see what 50/50 looks like....LOL

"...there's a huge problem in our society when people ask husbands of more-successful wives, "Are you doing OK?" "

More propaganda that tells women that they''re useless if they don't have a "career". What about family???? Nope, I guess not important enough for her. Look at her past....she's just a corporate cow. The reason why marriages (even unmarried shack-up relationships) aren't successful these days is because people value "sex and finances" more than commitment and love.

We need more intelligent women like her to get into business ,but even more important to get into government There are far too many incompetent people running our countries .

Terrible advice!!! Why don't we all just be robots, marry for success and forget about procreation? There's more to a successful marriage then just having a husband who will support you when you need a career 'shoulder' to cry on. Maybe I'm just a romantic...

"Who you marry" sounds as though you should choose your life partner to suit your career.

What defines a "supportive" man? One who will quit his career to raise children? Or the idle rich?