&gt; It sounds almost too good to be true, but in the tech industry, if you can write great code you will succeed. &lt;<p>Yes, but the narrative is that minorities who don&#x27;t write better code as good as the members of majority because the former never had privilege to learn how to write good code.<p>Also do check out the articles which convinced Github that Meritocracy is not a good thing[1]. And the site &#x27;Is Tech a meritocracy dot com&quot; [2].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;modelviewculture.com&#x2F;pieces&#x2F;the-dehumanizing-myth-of-the-meritocracy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;modelviewculture.com&#x2F;pieces&#x2F;the-dehumanizing-myth-of...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;istechameritocracy.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;istechameritocracy.com&#x2F;</a>