Comment by kazinator

Plus, add a heaping tablespoon of survivorship bias.

1. Many people try programming.

2. The vast majority of the people who try programming are subject to external forces that guide them to whatever they learn and use.

3. Out of these, a certain fractions stick with it and are found programming in the long run, even working in it.

We could easily conclude (probably quite wrongly) that the popular languages turn people away from programming, except for a few weirdos for whom they click.