Paul GrahamVerified account

Oh dude. You have no idea how many angry people there are on Twitter who are eager to answer that for you.

I’m sure you’re right. But how many art majors made their first pencil sketch at 18?

I'm not disagreeing with you so much as explaining that this is a topic some people have very strong political beliefs about.

The objection is factual, not political. Few CS undergrads have deep experience with programming before school.

That may well be true today. Didn’t feel like the case in early 90s. Did we stop teaching programming in schools? Why?

No. In the 80's and 90's home computers were marketed to boys. And we're still living with the impact of that in terms of gender gap.

Microcomputers weren't marketed to boys when they first appeared, but only boys were interested in them.

I hear the exact same lie today, women aren't interested in learning to code. We tweak our message and get more women than men at open days.