Thanks for the snarky link to your sources. That was uncalled for and entirely unhelpful. Most of the links I encountered cited that women left because it&#x27;s a demanding work environment without a clear career path.<p>I have been in a position where I was overtly discriminated against because of my race and gender. It was in the early 90s and I was denied admission to a magnet elementary school that my older sister attended. The year I applied they took 50 out of 200. I scored 37th, but I wasn&#x27;t chosen because diversity. There were lawsuits, and the practice was stopped. Now admissions are blind to race and gender.  My younger brother also ended up attending that magnet program. It made a significant impact on the trajectory of my life, and it didn&#x27;t feel any less terrible to be discriminated against because I am a white male.<p>A fairer chance based on merit isn&#x27;t going to solve the gender &#x2F; racial imbalance in tech. Tech is a meritocracy. Either your program works or it doesn&#x27;t. The computer doesn&#x27;t care at all whether or not you have &quot;privilege.&quot;