Yep, that's exactly the point. Somehow in the heads of some people the process of becoming a software engineer looks like this:

1. you were born a white male 2. magic privilege stuff happened to you 3. you got a cushy job with perks you dont deserve 4. now shut up and check your privilege 5. we need less people like you here

Nowhere in this chart is tens of thousands of hours spent thinking about numbers while non-techie people went to parties to play and drink.