Sandy Lerner's Frustrations at Stanford

• By 1984, Sandy Lerner was experiencing growing frustrations at Stanford.
• She was paid less than her male counterparts and excluded from faculty meetings.
• Despite leading computing facilities, she was relegated to lunch with faculty wives due to her gender.
• The rise of microcomputers further diminished her interest in her role.
• These factors contributed to her readiness for a new challenge, although starting Cisco wasn't initially driven by financial ambitions.