Women need to be men or "genderless" to break the tech glass ceiling?
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"In a column in the Wall Street Journal, John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners outlined his belief that women will get more opportunities in tech if they “create an online presence that obscures their gender.” Bizarrely equating hiring practices in tech to blind orchestra auditions, Greathouse suggested that women do things like only use their first initial and eliminate photos on both Twitter and LinkedIn. Rather than call on tech companies to overcome the unconscious bias that can too easily be baked into hiring practices, Greathouse thinks women should solve the problem themselves by hiding who they really are."
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In the end it is about the guts that you are having to ask someone the things that are not easy for them to answer. This how you may be able to put pressure but personality is the one that means a lot here.
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