but the remark underscores challenges for women in the overwhelmingly male tech world. abc's josh haskell with more. >> reporter: it's an issue that continues to plague the tech industry -- a lack of gender diversity. a comment by microsoft's ceo satya nadella thursday wasn't the answer women were looking for. >> it's not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises. >> reporter: that was his answer to a question about whether women should ask their bosses for a raise. nadella said it would be good karma to let things play out. >> there was a gasp. there was this audible intake of breath saying, did i hear that right? >> reporter: christina wallace, who runs a program that introduces girls to computer science, said she wasn't discouraged by what the ceo of microsoft said. >> i think we left a little bit more, you know, emboldened. it was that moment where what we already believed about the