Name: 'Why I had to change my name to Steve' | BBC Ideas
Uploaded: 2020-11-29T19:10:37.000Z
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My childhood made me able to cope with change

I arrived on the Kindertransport with my older sister.

I can really only remember the childish things.

Losing my doll and then finding her again.

I want to make sure that the life that was saved was worth saving.

I don't fritter my days away, and that goes back 75 years.

being fondled, being pushed against the wall -

after one of those instances I really decided,

and the following day came in and gave my notice.

on marriage or when your first child was expected.

So my computing world was full of people with experience

who were basically being ignored by the workforce.

and started not paying by the hours that somebody worked,

and that was a big change that really made a difference.

that these social changes are not overnight,

they don't just come with the changes in technology,

"Well are they not replying because you've got this

Stephanie Shirley at the end? This double feminine?"

And we decided to write the same letters to the same people

and surprise, surprise we began to get a few replies.

Managing the dual pressures of running a company and coping,

I can't say that my husband didn't suffer.

if you have to work from a financial point of view

from your own professional competence point of view,

Tech is just such a wonderful opening into the future.

There's no doubt that artificial intelligence is going to

We can actually be in there and be a part of making it happen.

One of the things that I did in my company was to share

the ownership of the company with the staff.

with the money that I had made earlier in my life.

It's ridiculous to keep it all for myself

I get such enormous pleasure from my philanthropy

that I can't imagine doing anything else.

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