This was actually quite an interesting article. Addresses a few of the common hypotheses and explains why they don’t work. Their conclusion is that it’s the pro

This was actually quite an interesting article. Addresses a few of the common hypotheses and explains why they don’t work. Their conclusion is that it’s the propensity of men to focus obsessively. Interesting stuff. As an aside, I remember someone on HN saying something I found very meaningful (which I only remember paraphrased) and which I think I’ve tried to live by since. It went something like: You know what stopped me from programming? It wasn’t the people who said I couldn’t code. It wasn’t the fact that I had limited access to a computer. It was nothing. Nothing stopped me from doing this.