Am I the only one here that finds more issue with the open secret embedded throughout this article?  The article is written from an assumption that we&#x27;re powerless to overcome the desire to brand ourselves by the outward facing image of our chosen interests.<p>I should be careful not to state I&#x27;m not taking the position covered by the well-worn pre-rebuttal in the article.  I&#x27;m not scoffing at this phenomenon.  It&#x27;s real and I&#x27;m wondering: why aren&#x27;t we trying to make kids immune to it?<p>Instead all I see is people that want to exploit it and steer people into selecting careers such that the superficial representation found on a spreadsheet makes the commentariat happy.<p>e: It just comes across as working to makes your metrics look good, without reaching the underlying goals the metrics are less-than-perfect at measuring.  If there really are societal issues keeping people that would have otherwise entered a &quot;tech field&quot; out, shouldn&#x27;t fixing it be about helping everyone overcome the obstacles in achieving that step of self-actualization?  Instead I just see social engineering designed to balance the gender ratio.