He also says people with strong accents are bad founders[1] and we shouldn&#x27;t allow women to be founders today because they probably haven&#x27;t been hackers for 10 years[2].  I dig Lisp, too...but maybe Paul isn&#x27;t the best person to uncritically take advise from.  And yes, I&#x27;ve read all of his &quot;well that&#x27;s what I said but really I&#x27;m not sexist&quot; justifications.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;paulgraham.com&#x2F;accents.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;paulgraham.com&#x2F;accents.html</a>
[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;valleywag.gawker.com&#x2F;paul-graham-says-women-havent-been-hacking-for-the-pa-1490581236" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;valleywag.gawker.com&#x2F;paul-graham-says-women-havent-be...</a>.  Key insight: &quot;If we really wanted to fix this problem, what we would have to do is not encourage women to start startups now.&quot;