I am not totally sure about the "representation" thing, meaning that you need a role model to like something. I clearly did not have any role model that I can l

I am not totally sure about the "representation" thing, meaning that you need a role model to like something. I clearly did not have any role model that I can look at to play around with computers on the TV (I'm not young) I think that the inner motivation to be a hacker or programmer comes from liking to know how things work, and how to build stuff. I remember dismantling and reassembling my toys when I was a small kid. If we are able to give a try to kids that feeling (which it was extremely satisfying to me), we may "lure" more people with potential into tech. If we teach that tech is cool, that nerdy t-shirts are amazing, and you'll make a lot of money, we are spreading the wrong ideas, something that will deviate the focus from "what's really tech about" with "perks around being in tech". People that are attracted for those "perks" will never be truly happy and probably, will never be good professionals.