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Sam Schillace

Corporate VP & Deputy CTO @ Microsoft

Creator of Google Docs. Now Deputy CTO at Microsoft focused on next-gen productivity.

β€œThe importance of taking risks, embracing failure, and finding joy in your work.”

Career History

CompanyRoleYears
MicrosoftCorporate VP & Deputy CTO2021-present
BoxSVP of Engineering~2012-2016
GoogleEngineering Director (Google Docs, Gmail, Maps)2006-2010
Writely (acquired by Google)Founder~2004-2006

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β€œWell, the Computer History Museum wants to curate it. I talked to these guys and they were like, "Oh, that's so cool. We'll take that." I'm like, "How?" I can make you a PDF. Now it's not the document...”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

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β€œYeah. Yeah. If you made the NFT of it, that would be more authentic, I think, than the document almost. It's kind of funny.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

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β€œOh, yeah, there you go. Yeah. It wasn't even JavaScript. It was Ajax.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

42:54
β€œYeah, ADD more like it, but yeah, I pay attention to things.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

49:19
β€œI know, I realize what I'm saying is very privileged, and I am sorry about that. But from some perspective.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

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β€œI wouldn't know anything [inaudible 01:16:42] there. I hear it's calm. I stay far away from it as possible, honestly.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

1:16:41
β€œMostly I think probably take all of this as more my personal opinions and not Microsoft's official stands. This is just me being an engineer. I'm not here as a Microsoft representative necessarily. Bu...”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

1:16:58
β€œFuck around. Well, that Jobs quote is right. The world was built by people just like you. That's that's the thing. It's really true. You don't have to have permission, you just have to have energy.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

1:17:21
β€œShooty science things that blow up a lot. I'm not very deep.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

1:19:07
β€œVirtue from error. Yeah, I think that's... It's become one for me, and the more I say it, the more I like it. But I just like this idea of, you're going to fuck up, make something from it and be creat...”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

1:22:11
β€œThere's lots of different ways to say it, but I just like, virtue from error, is probably the cleanest way to say it, or from error, virtue.”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

1:22:35
β€œYes. Tell me something that'll piss me off. That'd be more...”
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How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

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