Your entire position seems to be: Traditional barriers to entry, such as having a college degree, tend to be ignored in a small subset of programming jobs (not

Your entire position seems to be: Traditional barriers to entry, such as having a college degree, tend to be ignored in a small subset of programming jobs (notably Silicon Valley). Therefore, the hiring process in programming is more utilitarian than many other industries. Your talents and accomplishments matter the most in getting you hired. Therefore, sexism in tech is exaggerated.