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Agreed. Happy to see this caused an eye roll in some one else.

Doing good, but misrepresenting the 'big issues' is not helpful. Too often good intentions substitute for good work.

One should care about the race or gender of someone, the goal should be to attract the most talent. Also, saying 'everyone can learn' may give a warm fuzzy feeling and make people think you are a good person, but it is most likely not true.

Pushing a round peg into a square hole is destructive both for the peg and the hole.

The exact quote is hacking the system so that more people program, not "everyone can learn." The article suggests that there are barriers in place that prevent some people from learning and prevent some people from programming.

The contention is that hacking a way around, under, or through those barriers is a good thing for everyone, but it makes no suggestion that every woman, or every poor person, or everyone who doesn't grok pointers should somehow be a programmer.

Maybe they actually would prefer to paint.

He's using it as an example of 'problems in the system'. I don't believe he meant those words as his own.

Is "women" the wrong term these days?