34歲的瑪麗莎·梅耶爾是谷歌最有權(quán)勢的女人，也是谷歌的第一位女工程師。這位畢業(yè)于斯坦福大學(xué)的高材生自認是一名極客，但你會發(fā)現(xiàn)她與那些埋頭編程的傳統(tǒng)極客截然不同：她長著一副俏麗迷人的面孔，是公認的硅谷第一美女；而且她穿著時尚，品位不凡。而在工作上，梅耶爾的頭腦卻比男人更為冷靜，行事也更加硬朗，是典型的工作狂。作為少有的“美女極客”，梅耶爾的一舉一動牽動著網(wǎng)絡(luò)世界，總會受到人們的關(guān)注。

ne empty chair remains in a small conference room at Google’s headquarters in Mountain

View， California. Eight people sit around a

rectangular table making small talk， checking their watches and waiting. It’s almost like the calm before a storm. And they know they can’t begin until the last seat is filled.

Then you can hear her coming. The slight tap of her heels is 1)faint at first， but grows louder. Now she’s

here. The meeting can start.

As Google’s vice president of search products and user experience， Marissa Mayer has her hands in almost every product and tool a Google user experiences.

She is the last stop before products go to Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page for final

2)approval. She is quick， 3)assertive and smart， so pay attention.

The quarterly “Doodler注” meeting moves fast， and if you get distracted – even for a minute – there’s a good chance you just missed three decisions.

The 50-minute meeting determines which special

occasion logos， known as “Google Doodles，” will be featured on Google’s homepage to celebrate

important dates， inventions， famous birthdays， etc.

A 4)spreadsheet of three months of requests by countries and organizations for their special occasion to be recognized on Google’s homepage is 5)projected on the wall. It’s a worksheet with dozens of columns

6)cross-referenced with other charts. It would make any Excel lover 7)shudder， but Mayer doesn’t 8)bat an eye.

Over 100 requests have to be sorted through – and Mayer “9)yays” or “10)nahs” very quickly. Decisions are made so rapidly they almost seem out of haste.

Then the meeting is over and Mayer is gone，

already late for the next one.

Google’s Golden Girl

Mayer stands out from the crowd at Google. For most employees， the dress code is jeans， a polo shirt and a laptop 11)tucked under the arm. Mayer wears a simple 12)chic black dress with a 13)cardigan and a 14)funky silver necklace. And if you peak under the table， her black heels stand out in a sea of Converse and Puma.

Mayer has been labeled by some as the “gorgeously 15)geeky Googler，” and it’s not hard to see why. She has beautiful blue eyes， blonde hair and a perfect sense of style.

But when asked which she would rather be known as geeky or glamorous， she pauses for a second and

replies， “I am very much more geeky than I am glamorous.

I walk out of the house every morning with my hair

dripping wet – I am lucky if both my shoes match.”

As the 20th employee at Google， Mayer now plays a large role in hiring new Googlers. She has two standards for new employees: they must be smart and able to get things done.

“If you have smart people who don’t get things done and they just sit around doing nothing， or if you have people who get things done but aren’t smart and do all the wrong things， well， you are going to have a problem.”

She is a tough critic， but she never simply kills an idea. Instead， she comes up with ways to evolve it into something more user-friendly and helpful.

“I have a very good 16)gut for what I think consumers like as well as how they’re likely to interact with services –

that’s something that needs to be 17)honed over time. But even my 18)instinct is wrong 20， 30% of the time.”

Organized but Comfortable

Mayer leaves her office door open for an hour (though it tends to last longer) every day to allow Googlers to ask questions， get advice or just get her

approval on a project.

A large white board sits in front of her office on which 10 19)slots are offered each day. If you want to get in with Mayer on Wednesday， you better sign up on Tuesday. People wait their turn on over-sized beanbag 20)sacks or funky-colored chairs， while some choose to sit on the floor.

While meeting with Mayer， Googlers get her full

attention – she doesn’t check e-mail or answer the phone.

“You never know who is going to show up at office hours that afternoon， so you actually might run into a colleague you haven’t had the chance to talk to in a month or two， because you might not have bothered to spend time scheduling a meeting with them，” she said.

21)Sneak a peek around Mayer’s office and you will find salad 22)dressing bottles waiting to be used， awards， and silly toys. While it’s hard to know exactly what color the top of her desk is， everything looks like it is in its place.

Google celebrated its 10th birthday in last September，

and Mayer is 23)optimistic for the future.

“We’ve come so far in just a short period – but there is still a long way for us to go，” she said. “For example， I can’t find every book that’s ever been published in the world.”

Not yet.

坐落于（美國）加利福尼亞州山景城的谷歌總部，一個小型會議室里還有一把椅子空著。長方形會議桌旁坐著八個人，他們一邊竊竊私語，一邊不時地看表等待著，氣氛宛如暴風(fēng)雨到來之前的平靜。他們知道，只有當最后一個座位上坐了人，會議才可以開始。

然后，你聽見她來了。起初，她的鞋跟發(fā)出的聲音很輕微，然后越來越響?，F(xiàn)在她來了，會議可以開始了。

作為谷歌主管搜索產(chǎn)品和用戶體驗領(lǐng)域的副總裁，瑪麗莎·梅耶爾的工作內(nèi)容幾乎遍及谷歌用戶所使用的每樣產(chǎn)品和工具。

在送到創(chuàng)始人謝爾蓋·布林和拉里·佩奇手里并最終得到批準之前，谷歌產(chǎn)品都必須經(jīng)過她這一關(guān)。她反應(yīng)迅速、聰明果斷，所以，你最好全神貫注。

每季度舉行一次的“谷歌涂鴉”會議的節(jié)奏很快，萬一你分了神——即便只有一分鐘，你很可能已經(jīng)錯過三條決議了。

這個五十分鐘的會議將決定谷歌主頁要使用哪些特殊紀念日的圖標——也就是眾所周知的“谷歌涂鴉”——來紀念重要的日子、發(fā)明和名人誕辰等等。

過去三個月里各個國家和組織希望發(fā)布在谷歌主頁上的特殊紀念日的請求被制作成一張電子數(shù)據(jù)表投影在墻上。這張工作表包含數(shù)十欄內(nèi)容，另外還有其他圖表作為補充數(shù)據(jù)。如此繁雜的數(shù)據(jù)足以讓任何“Excel軟件”愛好者望而生畏，梅耶爾卻連眼睛也不眨一下。

面對著一百多條必須整理的請求，梅耶爾很快說出“是”和“否”。作出決定的速度如此之快，幾乎讓人覺得是倉促之舉。

然后，會議結(jié)束了，梅耶爾也人去椅空，奔赴下一個已經(jīng)遲到的會場。

谷歌第一美女

梅耶爾在谷歌公司里可謂“鶴立雞群”。對于大多數(shù)雇員而言，這里的著裝規(guī)范是牛仔褲、馬球襯衫和一臺夾在手臂下的手提電腦。然而梅耶爾穿著一條簡單別致的黑裙，外披一件開襟羊毛衫，還戴著一條與眾不同的銀項鏈。如果你偷偷瞥一下桌底，可以看到在一片匡威和彪馬運動鞋的海洋里，她的黑色高跟鞋非常醒目。

梅耶爾被一些人譽為“迷人的谷歌極客”，不難看出個中原因。她擁有一雙湛藍的美眸、一頭金黃的頭發(fā)以及完美的時尚感。

不過，當被問及她更喜歡被認為是極客型還是迷人型時，她稍作停頓，然后回答說：“比起迷人型，我更偏向極客型。每天早上我披著一頭濕漉漉的頭發(fā)就出門了；要是我的兩只鞋子能配對，那已經(jīng)是萬幸了?！?/p>

作為谷歌第二十名雇員的梅耶爾如今在谷歌招聘新員工時扮演著重要的角色。她招聘新員工有兩大標準：必須頭腦聰明，而且能做實事。

“如果你有一群聰明的員工，但他們不做事，整天閑坐；或者你有一群能做事的雇員，但不聰明，總是做錯事，那么你遲早會出

問題?！?/p>

她是一個苛刻的批評家，不過她從不輕易扼殺一個想法。相反，她會提出各種方法，使這個想法能夠發(fā)展為更加方便用戶、更有用處的東西。

“對于顧客喜歡什么，以及他們可能會與服務(wù)如何進行互動，我有很好的直覺，那是必須經(jīng)過長時間磨煉才能獲得的。不過即使是我的直覺也有兩到三成的機會出錯?！?/p>

條理與舒適并存

每天，梅耶爾都會把辦公室的門打開一個小時（雖然經(jīng)常超過這個時限），讓谷歌員工可以進去提問、咨詢意見，或者請她批準

項目。

她的辦公室前面擱著一塊大白板，每天提供十個位置。如果想約梅耶爾星期三談話，那么你最好在星期二就簽名預(yù)約。人們坐在尺寸超大的沙袋或者色彩新奇的椅子上排隊，有些人則選擇坐地板。

在與梅耶爾面談時，谷歌的員工能夠得到她的全副注意力——因為她那時既不會查收電子郵件，也不會接電話。

“你永遠不會知道在那天下午的辦公時間里誰會出現(xiàn)在你的辦公室，你可能會碰見一個一兩個月都沒有機會交談的同事，因為你可能不想特意花時間安排與他們見面，”她說。

悄悄環(huán)顧一下梅耶爾的辦公室，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)待用的沙拉醬瓶子、獎狀，還有幼稚的玩具。雖然看不出她的桌面究竟是什么顏色，但每件物品的存在似乎都恰到好處，無可替代。

去年九月，谷歌慶祝了它的十周歲生日。梅耶爾對未來也非常樂觀。

“我們在很短的時間里走了這么遠——不過我們還有很長的路要走，”她說。“舉個例子，我還不能找到全世界曾經(jīng)出版的每一本書呢?！?/p>

目前來說的確如此。