I think it's unfair to describe those women as non-hackers without knowing them well.
FWIW, pg can be described in a similar (limited) manner to argue that he's not a hacker: a venture capitalist with a degree in philosophy.
And I don't think pg meant that you have to be hacking since age 13 to be a "hacker" (it was an extreme example), but that you have to be passionate about it.
From his essay:
> What I was talking about here is the idea that to do something well you have to be interested in it for its own sake, not just because you had to pick something as a major.
FWIW, pg can be described in a similar (limited) manner to argue that he's not a hacker: a venture capitalist with a degree in philosophy.
And I don't think pg meant that you have to be hacking since age 13 to be a "hacker" (it was an extreme example), but that you have to be passionate about it.
From his essay:
> What I was talking about here is the idea that to do something well you have to be interested in it for its own sake, not just because you had to pick something as a major.