[maxklein]

I really don't see how racism in tech is relevant, because

a) Nobody knows or cares who wrote a piece of software, because 99.9% of the time, the customer never sees the photo of the author

b) If your software is super-hot and gaining a lot of traction and people are smelling the money, they will not care what colour you are

c) For those tiny number of people who don't have traction and want other peoples money, the colour of your skin may give you a disadvantage with some particular money givers, but it will give you an advantage with other money givers

In general, for the success of your product to be affected by peoples prejudices against you or the colour of your skin, you would have to belong to a very unlucky 99.99%. If that happens, well, bad luck, try again. That's what entrepreneurship is all about, isn't it?

[drhayes9]

He's not talking about products, he's talking about work environments.