My experience has been the same as yours, but: > Make sure you interview with the same standards as anyone else Reading these open letters, isn't that The Wro

My experience has been the same as yours, but: > Make sure you interview with the same standards as anyone else Reading these open letters, isn't that The Wrong Thing? "Promote the fuck out of diversity" (from the OP) sounds as if we should strongly prefer female programmers, with a bigger focus on a healthy team than on skills alone. (Also related: http://readwrite.com/2014/01/24/github-meritocracy-rug http://readwrite.com/2014/01/24/github-meritocracy-rug) I'm genuinely curious because my experience is the same as yours (= nothing bad happened), but it dawns on me that I am now considered a part of the problem. :|