How to get ahead in Silicon Valley: hide being a woman, says male 'expert'

A venture capitalist's column for the Wall Street Journal has drawn outrage for suggesting women 'obscure their gender' online when applying for tech jobs

A Wall Street Journal article encouraging women in technology to "create an online presence that obscures their gender" has drawn expressions of outrage and shocked disbelief from the community it purports to advise.

Writing for a regular column dubbed "The Experts", venture capitalist John Greathouse suggested that women should escape the gender bias that pervades the tech industry by pretending not to be women.