Long article so if you don’t feel like reading, here’s a snippet of an exchange between her and some product managers (NYTimes):
“You are going to get comments from Marissa on that gray text,” a female colleague warns one of the waiting managers. “Be prepared for that.”
“I think the gray is unimportant,” he replies. “It looks fine.”
“I know,” the colleague says. “But you will get comments.”
Ms. Mayer enters the room a few minutes into the manager’s presentation and quickly interrupts him. “That gray-on-gray text is hard to read,” she says. “What are we going to do about that?”
“We can change it,” the manager concedes.
During a subsequent presentation, she is unimpressed by possible language for a Google Health page that would allow users to share medical information.
“I don’t like the words ‘invite’ and ‘view,’ ” she says. “Those two words are recreational. It feels too informal and lighthearted.”
“We used the word ‘invite’ because it’s an action word, so users know they have to do something,” a young product manager responds.
Ms. Mayer rolls her eyes. “It’s not a party,” she says.
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