The general scam of unrealistic promises then under-delivering is such a well worn trope that while gender surely played a part in it (as it is a big part of social perceptions in general) I hesitate to blame it here. I think for anyone who has been in tech for a while it doesn't take an imagination to picture a man doing pretty much the same thing

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embedding-shape an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, the same is maybe more obvious outside of HN, but engineer/tech companies often play the same trope but on "brilliant and smart people but bit naive/rose-tinted views that couldn't unintentionally harm anyone even if they tried", like how media showcased Zuckerberg initially, before everyone realized his true colors.

	▲	watwut 29 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They still say it about Sam Bankman Friendman and that failed situation awareness fund dude that worked for him. They will even argue, forever, that the situation awareness did not failed or folded, because being margin called does not count when bright smart young person gets margin called.
	▲	noir_lord 19 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Musk as well among others.

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etchalon 12 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, plenty of men have done the same thing. No imagination required.