A recent article on Quillette actually addresses your assumption quite well: http://quillette.com/2018/01/05/empathy-gap-tech-interview-software-engineer/ http:

A recent article on Quillette actually addresses your assumption quite well: http://quillette.com/2018/01/05/empathy-gap-tech-interview-software-engineer/ http://quillette.com/2018/01/05/empathy-gap-tech-interview-s... Basically, the assumption that there's a single kind of "smartness" that generalizes equally across technical competence, social competence, and awareness of political trends is not a valid assumption. The number of non-neurotypical people that work in tech fields should make this clear. It's also unfortunate to see such glee at the idea of someone's life being ruined and happiness at the thought of a large megacorporation's large amount of resources being able to do it.