[c_lebesgue]

Why the assumption that Ellen Pao was not fired? It felt like one of these cases when an employee has a lengthy talk with her supervisors, after which she is given an option to quit, as a way to save her face.

An evidence for that would be how fast was a new interim CEO found after the previous one "quit".

[ritchiea]

The example of Ellen Pao was merely a way to start the conversation. That specific example does not diminish the message of the piece which I find very insightful.

[theseatoms]

Agreed, though I found the example to be distracting and forced. The author would have done better to leave it out.