>and the modern corporation just happens to be a tech company. I'd argue this is more aristocratic (or technocratic) social exclusion, which has gone on for fa

>and the modern corporation just happens to be a tech company. I'd argue this is more aristocratic (or technocratic) social exclusion, which has gone on for far longer than compilers have existed. There does seem to be a persistent coalescing of certain personalities to certain industries that loves to exclude people (before, finance; now, tech) using mercurial standards that really just boil down to "do I like you", "do you entertain me or kiss my ass", or even "will you bang me"