[usaar333]

> How much benefit have I drawn from looking like a programmer

On the other hand, our profession does have the benefit of being able to be done with zero knowledge of appearance. In fact, I credit that fact to enabling smart teenagers to make key contributions to open source they otherwise would be excluded from due to assumptions coming from age.

[aliante]

On the internet, nobody knows you are a dog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...