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Most people decide what they want to be at a fairly young age, but an integral part of deciding what you want to do (or how far you want to go) is discovering what you do best.

For Window Snyder, chief security “something-or-other” for Mozilla, that’s the most important part of determining your value to an organization.

“[You have] to recognize what you’re good at, what other people come to you for, how people perceive you and leverage that in order to build on [it],” she explains. “If [the] people who come to you for advice on a particular area of expertise are currently limited to your company or organization, make sure that other people in your region or in the industry have access to that expertise.”

At Mozilla, Snyder works to ensure Internet browsing is safe and secure. “[We work] to keep the Web open and safe and provide an innovative, interesting experience for our users that can be customized,” she says, adding that she’s especially enthusiastic about users having a customized, uniquely rewarding experience online. “[My goals] are all related to security and securing the Web browser against the emerging threats we’re seeing.”

And, for Snyder, making the Web and all of its possibilities more accessible to the general public is her greatest reward. “[There are] 4,000 different [browser] add-ons that are community-developed,” she says. “It’s something that’s available to the community that anyone can participate in and that’s really incredible.” -todd williams

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