> Because at a pretty young age I had acquired a set of skills that put me in places and situations that I was not culturally prepared to enter.

He talks about his thug background to get to this conclusion. His past life interactions didn't "prepare" him to not make office people uncomfortable with him being just him. And of course, this is not his fault, but the people treating him badly. And guess what? This is what stops a lot of black people in tech.