In Silicon Valley, a place he calls “obsessed with status and pedigree,” could someone’s ideas get traction when it wasn’t clear if the speaker was a state-school dropout or someone with a $100 million checkbook?
That sounds very different than the meritocracy narrative. It would explain why women and most minorities are so excluded.
I know the next sentence says he succeeded, but that's just one Twitter account and doesn't represent a broader trend.
That sounds very different than the meritocracy narrative. It would explain why women and most minorities are so excluded.
I know the next sentence says he succeeded, but that's just one Twitter account and doesn't represent a broader trend.