Frankly, I think they make one and only one point with a lot of different examples that make the same point in basically the exact same way: "as a woman in tech

Frankly, I think they make one and only one point with a lot of different examples that make the same point in basically the exact same way: "as a woman in tech who has succeeded despite roadblocks, I feel like any amount of affirmative action will make others doubt the extent of my achievements". I am not committed to ignoring their arguments -- I used to hold similar positions. Then I talked with people who disagreed with me, grappled with their positions, and changed my mind. The author here shows no semblance of any such depth of thought, just repeated invocations of "if I made it, it must be possible! if we help others who are worse than me, then that lessens my achievement!" At its core, it's a selfish argument[1], which is why I changed my mind. [1]: to be clear, there are quite a few non-personally-selfish arguments against affirmative action. "it'll make others doubt how much better i am than most other women" is not one of them.