Women in tech can be more successful with this one weird trick: erase yourselves!
That’s the lesson of an ill-considered op-ed from John Greathouse, a venture capitalist and professor at UC Santa Barbara, published today in The Wall Street Journal. After piecing together a vague evolutionary theory, an anecdote about blind orchestral auditions, and a theory of likability from a self-help book, Greathouse concludes that women would be better off in professional settings by covering up the fact they’re women.
Here are some of Greathouse’s key suggestions:
...women in today’s tech world should create an online presence that obscures their gender. A gender-neutral persona allows women to access opportunities that might otherwise be closed...
via The Verge
