After talking to dozens of women and men, girls and boys trying to convince them to go into computer science, the reason they told me is the (wrong) image they have of programing: sitting alone for 8h a day in front of a computer.

Looks like the those who voted me down had more success in getting more people into CS.

It's not merely sitting down.

It's seeing the code monkeys of life being manipulated by people who are adept at manipulating humans and getting higher status and pay for it.

Think of a lot of technical positions in the military. They get bossed around by non-technical people.

It's much better being the one who beats the drum than the multitude that row the boat.

Seems they had a pretty good idea of the field. 90% of the time is spent staring at a computer screen.