"This is what happens when you attack meritocracy in the name of making people feel good."

Calling the tech industry a meritocracy is an assumption.

There are plenty of well thought out viewpoints that disagree, its probably worth reading some.

https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/meritocracy-...

https://medium.com/@jocelyngoldfein/techs-meritocracy-proble...