note that the author is male; the person who dropped out is female. for some reason, women, on average, seem to take "being stupid" to heart, while men can ignore it. i have no idea why this happens, but i've seen it again and again.
[no criticism of either sex intended. i simply read the article, then thought "i wonder if the author was male and the other person female?", went back, checked...]
Anecdotally speaking, that reminds me of a woman's comment about why she found raising a VC round so exhausting and difficult -- it was much harder for her to shake off the criticism and doubt constantly lobbed at her by potential investors, whereas male CEOs did not seem to take it to heart the way she did.
i've been trying to think of possible biases in this. one that i've come up with is that (i am probably going to explain clumsily here, but i hope you get the idea) women tend to share problems and express feelings more. so perhaps it's just that i hear women discuss this problem more.
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note that the author is male; the person who dropped out is female. for some reason, women, on average, seem to take "being stupid" to heart, while men can ignore it. i have no idea why this happens, but i've seen it again and again.
[no criticism of either sex intended. i simply read the article, then thought "i wonder if the author was male and the other person female?", went back, checked...]
Anecdotally speaking, that reminds me of a woman's comment about why she found raising a VC round so exhausting and difficult -- it was much harder for her to shake off the criticism and doubt constantly lobbed at her by potential investors, whereas male CEOs did not seem to take it to heart the way she did.
i've been trying to think of possible biases in this. one that i've come up with is that (i am probably going to explain clumsily here, but i hope you get the idea) women tend to share problems and express feelings more. so perhaps it's just that i hear women discuss this problem more.
maybe men feel as bad, but don't say.