I love this. Why? Because Mayer is doing her very best to chip away at the myth of meritocracy. It makes me happy for people to realize this because belief in this myth is a big part of what allows our current societal inequity and wealth inequality to ctoninue and grow.

I just have to pick out one comment from the article (which I can't vouch for one way or the other; it's just funny):

> She once told me that she felt confident in judging design because her mom was a grade school art teacher. Just saying.