Accommodation for misanthropes.

Real answer is that autism leads to self isolation which naturally also leads into tech, and autistic individuals are more likely to come out as trans if they are because theyre already ostracized. Furry communities also highly appeal to autistic individuals because its a literal mask that lets you redesign yourself either online or in person with a fursuit.

Source: I am an autistic trans furry who is also a software dev :3

Unix beard was just an evolutionary middle step between.