"Her background meanders ... art, history, education, and massage therapy"

Male or female, a person who describes themselves as such will not be taken seriously in today's micro-biz scene. If you can't write code, you don't get a seat at the table unless you're a [very] good and successful sales person who sells and doesn't fancy themselves as a CEO-in-waiting.

I've never met this person and have only read half of that one post, but it sounds like she's more enamored with the aspect of being a founder and blogging about it than anything else. No serious person would take offense at the jibes from other entrepreneurs, let along post an eleven-paragraph self-justification on their blog.

I was talking more generally but I'd value someone with varied experience more than someone who was a specialist, unless that was important.

In theory, I'd value someone with varied experience as well, but we're talking about the technology industry here, nothing else, and albeit a somewhat enlightened community, the same social paradigms exist within as the do without to a varying degree. The same prejudices exist but what may be different is the way in which they're projected, perceived and handled.

The fact that the author found this shocking was, well, shocking. Coming from a lightweight, non-technical background and spouting off about what the startup scene should or shouldn't be based on her assumptions is very naive.

I wouldn't assume to delve in her decision-making process in regards to her current employment, but again, from what I've read, it seems that she has a bad case of founderitis and that shit gets old after a couple of minutes. It's embarrassing when people regard that as some sort of status symbol when they don't even have a half-baked app to show for it. Male or female.