The programming talent myth

> young white men, which is the archetype of a "real programmer"

In the Free Software world where you should prove yourself writing software and/or patches and/or code reviews hidden behind an E-mail address, and where your Users recognize you first by your E-mail address, I wonder how you can get whether the owner of that E-mail is a man/woman, black/yellow/pink skin, old/young, tall/small, human/cat.

Obviously some people may want either positive / negative discrimination to boost them / give a reason for their failure, for instance by adding their photo or their facebook friend request link, but that is not related to how good they are in reading/designing/writing software.

It is different in the private/industry world where the first thing is an interview to see how good you look, and where potential employer won't even check what that E-mail you gave them is related to...