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March 13 2003 | 1 min read

Today I heard an interview with Monika Henzinger, Director of Research at Google on WREK. It was part of their airing of 51%, a program that deals with topics of interest to women. They feature a segment called "The Tech Club" that interviews women who are scientists and engineers. That name is terrible and boring - I think it should be called "Badass big brained science babes tell all!" Still, I like this agenda, and the young women (like young young, I think still in their teens) who do the interviews ask a lot of questions like "How would women get into this line of work" and other practical concerns for girls getting into this game. More women engineers and scientists is more good, I think. This interview was good and cool. I did not realize that Google has an onsite doctor and dentist (part-time, I think) and laundry, so that employees can handle some of the concerns of their day-to-day lives without leaving the premises. It sounds altruistic but they just want more from employees, so all the errands that you don't have to run, you can sit in front of a computer. It is definitely worth listening to.