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To me she is like the Gwyneth Paltrow of the tech industry. Totally out of touch with the struggles of normal women ("I can do it, why can't you?" - meanwhile she has zillions of dollars and a boatload of help) and she seems very insincere in every interview I've ever seen her take part in. Maybe it's just the way the media is "spinning" her, but[b] she really seems like an opportunist.[/b][/quote]
I think she's both an opportunist and sincere in her desire to help other women.  But her ego has caused her to do this in a ham-handed way by sharing her personal experience rather than doing more practical things like actually implementing better workplace policies at Facebook.  I mean, she has an unprecedented platform to experiment with ways to improve work-life balance for everyone in ways that aren't devastating to a company's bottom line.  Instead, she's like Marissa Mayer building a nursery next to her office while simultaneously getting rid of telecommuting at Yahoo!  The difference is that Mayer isn't promoting herself as a champion of women on the workplace.

Sandberg is contributing to the conversation, but it bothers me the way she's trying to dominate it.  Maybe it shouldn't, since why should she be any less self-interested than the next person.  But I guess what bothers me more is the people who refuse to realize these limitations to what she does/has done.[/quote]

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