> but you never once looked at the field of technology and thought "People who look at me don't do this". That is, you never felt deterred because of the peopl

> but you never once looked at the field of technology and thought "People who look at me don't do this". That is, you never felt deterred because of the people who dominated the field. That's a rather huge assumption on your part. > That's nice, but I don't see how your personal motivations are relevant on an industry-wide scale. I don't think my personal motivations are relevant on an industry-wide scale, that was my point to begin with. Like I said, the OP is hardly a bad thing, by all means, try. I hope it helps somebody. In my opinion it is treating the symptoms and not the disease.