&gt; believe the data and not your gut.<p>Without considering where the data came from, under what assumptions was it collected, <i>when</i> was it collected, etc. how can you blindly lay faith in some &quot;data&quot;?  I have some data which says N horses died on the streets of San Francisco last year; will you believe it? It just so happens that &quot;last year&quot; was 1895. Doesn&#x27;t that make the &quot;data&quot; useless?<p>Show me any other major industrial sector where a 17-year-old can start a company and be bought out for $30MM. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nick_D&#x27;Aloisio#Summly" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nick_D&#x27;Aloisio#Summly</a>
Show me where highschool dropouts can make more than Harvard MBAs.<p>Yes, tech has problems with gender or ageism; but skin color is hardly ever an issue. In fact, if it is, it is in the other direction. I had a friend who graduated from a top CS school and couldn&#x27;t get a faculty position. The Chair at one department actually told him: if you were a woman or minority, I&#x27;d hire you right away.<p>BTW: I&#x27;m not implying that everything is great. But compared to other sectors, tech is actually a pretty decent place to be if you don&#x27;t &quot;fit in&quot; into the convention.