Maybe there's no direct causal link between "Loner Genius Nerd's" and "being a great developer" but I think there's an indirect correlation. "Loner's" have lot

Maybe there's no direct causal link between "Loner Genius Nerd's" and "being a great developer" but I think there's an indirect correlation. "Loner's" have lots of alone time. One way to use alone time is to use and learn technology. Technology is a new, complex and fast-changing field. There were always professional benefits to having thousands of hours invested in it. There is a correlation between "loner nerds" and "good developers" in the same way that there is a correlation between "drinking orange juice" and "testing well on the SAT." One doesn't cause the other, there's a underlying thing that causes both. Nowadays, technology is so broad and pervasive that there are also ways to channel thousands of hours invested in socializing, understanding people, drawing, writing letters, farming, helping old people into being a good developer.