There is a pretty clear strain of personality that shows up early in life and is suspiciously correlated with becoming a programmer. It’s rare enough that most

There is a pretty clear strain of personality that shows up early in life and is suspiciously correlated with becoming a programmer. It’s rare enough that most people don’t meet others who share it until they get past K12 and start to aggregate in self-selected universities and workplaces. It’s pronounced enough to be obvious to one’s peers and often causes some degree of social alienation. In the 1970s-90s the stereotype is that such people were relentlessly bullied as losers. Since the rise of Big Tech the dynamic has shifted a bit from “you’re not one of us and we hate you, loser” to “you’re not one of us but you’re obviously going to be rich some day, so please remember us fondly.”