There very well could be. The most likely difference between someone who tries gambling and gives up after 30 seconds and someone who becomes a gambler for life

There very well could be. The most likely difference between someone who tries gambling and gives up after 30 seconds and someone who becomes a gambler for life is that the latter is far more likely to have done well in their first game. That's where the notion of beginner's luck comes from — it's a selection bias where people who are lucky at first are more likely to continue gambling. I don't see any reason why a similar selection bias couldn't exist in programming. For example, perhaps people who start programming at a very early age are more likely to continue programming. This survey won't prove anything, but very well could point in the direction of some interesting correlations.