When you think of technology and startups, what image comes to your mind? If you are a technolibertarian Gen Z who is easily fascinated by hyperbole and pomposity, for better or worse, it’s probably Elon Musk.
In case you are a millennial whose dad gifted you an iPhone before your eighteenth birthday and who wastes no opportunity to talk about how Apple’s experience is far superior compared to other devices, then Steve Jobs it is. If you are a kid from across the border, then it’s possibly someone like Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella or one of the countless successful Indian executives in the US.
In any case, it’s almost always going to be a man. None of that is coincidental as tech by design, and culture, has been particularly hostile towards women. Take, for example, the self-proclaimed flagbearer of liberal values and free speech, Mark Zuckerberg, whose first iteration of Facebook — sorry, Meta — was basically an app that rated women based on their looks.
Relatively more sophisticated men have been scantily better as the industry is rife with misconduct of one sort or the other. For instance, Bill Gates, who espouses a very fatherly look, had to step down from the board of Microsoft after his prior relationship with a subordinate was probed. Or how Andy Rubin, the inventor of Android, was given a face-saving exit and a get out of jail card from Google despite sexual assault allegations.
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