Silicon Valley Girl: AI, Tech and Career Growth16 Jun

Godmother of Silicon Valley: How to Raise a CEO | Esther Wojcicki

Esther Wojcicki is the "Godmother of Silicon Valley." She raised three daughters: Susan, who ran YouTube; Anne, who founded 23andMe; and Janet, a professor and anthropologist. Her parenting advice got me through the hardest parts of new motherhood, and YouTube, which Susan built, is the reason I have a career at all.

In this episode we cover:

The one rule that decides whether AI makes a kid smarter or just lets them cheat themselves: do the work first, then ask AI to grade it like a teacher
Why she's against banning phones, social media, or AI for kids, and what she'd teach instead
TRICK: the five-part system (Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, Kindness) she used to raise three founders, and how to run it on yourself as an adult
How to rebuild trust in yourself if you were raised to chase everyone else's approval
The three sentences she told Anne when 23andMe was falling apart
The billion-dollar bet Susan almost didn't make, the one that became YouTube
Why she still tells parents to push for college in the AI age
What she says to every mom who's afraid AI will take her kid's job

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