That was my strategy for a long time. I just focused on being the best dev I could be. Have I experienced racism in a professional environment? Yes. But again,

That was my strategy for a long time. I just focused on being the best dev I could be. Have I experienced racism in a professional environment? Yes. But again, I just focused on being the best I could be and worked past it. I'm successful enough now but it worries me that the same tools I used to get ahead are now being systematically disassembled. Meritocracy is now a bad word. High standards are deemed non-inclusive. Being male, regardless of your socio-economic background is now a handicap. Questioning any of this will get you labeled at the very least misogynist or racist. Publicly questioning it will likely get you fired. These developments worry me. While I "have mine" through 10+ years of very hard work, I'd like to leave the ladder in place so others can climb up instead of burning it down and helicoptering a chosen few up.