[carsongross]

I couldn't give a shit less if someone is male or female: either they can help me code&sell and they can stomach startup life (which is not for everyone, and certainly not for me in the long run) or not.

Period.

Who hires sex/gender? Big companies and organizations. Startups hire specific people who can do specific things, and, quite literally, can't afford to give much of a shit about this stuff.

[aaronbrethorst]

http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/you-might-be-discriminating...

[carsongross]

Well, then, I guess my competitors will take advantage of my cognitive disability, eat my lunch, and I'll learn my lesson, won't I?

[btilly]

If you're like most people, the least likely claim, by far, is I'll learn my lesson.

Most of us manage to come up with theories to explain our failures that direct blame away from us, and for any unsuccessful startup there are so many obvious candidate explanations for failure that useful self-examination would take a miracle.

[carsongross]

Does this apply to women as well?

[btilly]

As far as I know, yes.