Why I'll Never Be a Google VP

BusinessWeek has a profile of Google's Marissa Mayer this week. As one of the most public faces of Google, and THE most public female face at Google, Mayer holds the keys to the success of the company in terms of hiring and guiding employees of the technology giant. While Mayer holds many of the personality traits of tech super-stars, the interview also demonstrates two key reasons why I'll never be a Google VP. First, I need more than 5 hours of sleep a night, second, I like spending time with my husband and daughter. ;)

Just to make you feel like you really don't get anything done each day, here's BusinessWeek's example of a "day in the life of Marissa Mayer."

8:00 a.m. Wake-up, get ready for work

9:00 a.m. Arrive at work, take conference call about a new technology

10:00 a.m. Meeting with Udi Manber, VP of engineering to discuss search, engineering staffing, etc.

10:30 a.m. Meet with Associate Product Managers to brief and prepare for upcoming international business trip

12:00 noon Product review with Larry and Sergey; review product direction and strategy and potential future collaborations

1:00 p.m. UI (User Interface) review to review/approve user interface designs/changes for multiple products

3:00 p.m. Meet with a new member of my team to welcome him and discuss career goals/trajectory

3:30 p.m. Meeting with Google Video product manager

4:00 p.m. Google Product Strategy meeting with Eric, Larry, Sergey, and other executives to go over weekly site traffic and a few special topics

5:00 p.m. Executive strategy meeting on Google China

6:00 p.m. Office Hours

8:30 p.m. Catch up on the day's e-mail

11:15 p.m. Visit to the Google Gym to run

12:00 p.m. Go home

12:30 a.m. Watch TV, do e-mail

3:00 a.m. Go to bed