coming up next, sheryl sandberg, the coo of facebook, discusses why it's still difficult for women to achieve leadership roles in the united states. she also talks about her own career choices and experiences. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. [applause] >> let's begin by thanking the computer history museum for putting on this seminar along with the sponsors, and in the place has been such an interesting place to listen, to learn, to not only understand history, but to understand the future. so thank you, john, and thank you, everybody. >> thank you. [applause] >> i met sheryl in the late '90s when she was running what appeared to be about a third of the treasury department. impossiblily young and impossiblily smart be, she impressed all of us with what she did in the clinton administration in the first and second terms. so when it came time for her to choose a job, it became pretty obvious that she should be at google. and so she and i chatted -- [laughter] she and i chatted, and i figured this is somebody who we could use, a genuine talent. of course, we didn't exactly have a job

to help these women succeed. >> you know, it's really interesting because the other thing that sheryl sandberg about, and i've spoken to her at panels before, her mentor, who was larry summers, not a bad mentor to have. >> right. >> she talked about how when you see a man, let's say at a bar after work talking to another man, especially if there's a disparity in age, oh, isn't that great, he's mentoring him. if you see a young woman like you at a bar with an older man, there's a very different assumption there. there's a double standard. >> i think there really is a double standard. and i think, you know, it really goes -- i think the responsibility is somewhat shared. for example, i've made an effort as i've grown up as an entrepreneur and built the muse to develop relationships with women but also to speak men's feedback in the context of an office of a vc meeting but there is this double standard i think women have. >> do they give you advice in different ways? >> sometimes i do think if you ask explicitly for the sort of feedback you want, you're more likely to get it. if you put it out th

marissa levin, sheryl sandberg. end models for young women to aspire to. >> i wondered about that. if those women, how much you think they are actually, their presence there is sending a signal to women this is a woman-friendly world, come in, that wasn't there just four or five years ago. >> there's no question about that. but i think it goes beyond that. it's very interesting that this year is the 20th anniversary of a couple of major women's i.t. organizations, so it makes you stop and say what was going on 20 years ago that these organizations would be celebrating their 20th anniversaries and i think it looks to what's been going on before that, because not only are these very high level role models for young women to see and women throughout the industry to see and aspire to, there's a whole chain of women. so women not only are there as role models, they are there as mentors, as advisors. we can talk about how women come and go in a career, deal with all of the situations like raising -- >> we shouldn't paint

what an extraordinary leader, sheryl sandberg. [applause] >> looks to be fat, oscar goodman to discuss his memoir, "being oscar." mr. goodman talks about cases he handled during his career as a criminal defense attorney and share stories from history terms as mayor of las vegas. this is about an hour. >> "being oscar" is the name of the book by former las vegas mayor, oscar goodman. mayor goodman, when did you come to vegas and why? >> we came here in 1964. i went to wonderful liberal arts college in the outskirts of philadelphia. i loved every day of college. when i went to law school at the university of pennsylvania, it was a time of the civil rights movement was very, very active. however, the students there were interested in going with a white suit and do in corporate law and the like. it was boring me to death. i had just gotten married and i felt that i wasn't supporting my wife. when they decided to walk into the das office in fact, do you have a job, as they are they are ushered me and when the conviction of the first of

yahoo c-e-o marissa mayer, d cebook's sheryl s >>> there are new signs that women are having a growing influence in the tech world. marissa mayer and cheryl sandbergrecognized for their accomplishments in a male-dominated field but recently more women have been getting hired. in the past year, 36,000 women hire for tech jobs compared to 24,000 men. men still make up two-thirds of the tech workforce. >>> speaking of which, a hot new toy is aiming to inspire a whole new generation of women in the tech industry. oakland-based toy company goldieblox is hoping to encourage girls to start thinking about math and science. they are going about it through a new line of construction toys for girls hoping to spread their message. they are now in the running to win an ad during the super bowl. >> a super bowl ad would literally transform our business and give us a platform to get our message out. >> the competition runs until december 1. the company with the most votes will win the 30- second spot and for more information on the voting just go to our website, kpix.com. >>> coming up on kpix 5, keep those umbrella handy. the bay area is getting a second helpin

coming up next, sheryl sandberg, the coo of facebook, discusses why it's still difficult for women to achieve leadership roles in the united states. she also talks about her own career choices and experiences. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. [applause] >> let's begin by thanking the computer history museum for putting on this seminar along with the sponsors, and in the place has been such an interesting place to listen, to learn, to not only understand history, but to understand the future. so thank you, john, and thank you, everybody. >> thank you. [applause] >> i met sheryl in the late '90s when she was running what appeared to be about a third of the treasury department. impossiblily young and po