I'm also a programmer, but I have quite a few friends who are very different from me in a lot of ways. For instance, my main hobby brings me into contact with a lot of people who are 20+ years older than me.
I did not engineer this, nor do I have any particular interest in knowing a bunch of older, white men. It just happened that way, because my hobby is popular with this particular demographic. If the author is bothered by their lack of non-programmer friends, surely the easiest way to correct that would be to find a hobby that attracts a different sort of folk. That might not be a viable solution right now due to COVID restrictions, but we're not going to all be stuck in our homes forever.
I did not engineer this, nor do I have any particular interest in knowing a bunch of older, white men. It just happened that way, because my hobby is popular with this particular demographic. If the author is bothered by their lack of non-programmer friends, surely the easiest way to correct that would be to find a hobby that attracts a different sort of folk. That might not be a viable solution right now due to COVID restrictions, but we're not going to all be stuck in our homes forever.