> That depends. If I told you the only way you're going to be competitive and not drag down the standard of my organization is by pairing up with another person

> That depends. If I told you the only way you're going to be competitive and not drag down the standard of my organization is by pairing up with another person, should you take that as a compliment? This is factualy not what was said in the memo. https://diversitymemo.com/#reduce-gender-gap https://diversitymemo.com/#reduce-gender-gap > Women on average show a higher interest in people and men in things > We can make software engineering more people-oriented with pair programming and more collaboration. That was literally the only mention of pair programming the the entire memo and it was as a suggestion to make positions more appealing to women who were more interested in people and more social. Not once does he equate pair programming as some remedial for your perceived statement of lower quality ability. The guy was trying to suggest ways to attract more women and you flip it around to demonize him. Do you not see that you are large part of the problem? Instead of trying to engage and explain to him why his points are perhaps wrong or misguided, you instead twist his words to simply eviscerate him instead.