Is this a joke?

It's not very funny if it is. Women aren't some technical 'thing' you can learn 'how to' from a book. They're 'people'. Wow.. I thought we were making progress here.

Plus the title implies that hackers aren't women...

No, you're implying women can't sleep with women.

Everything is technical i.e. there is a methodology to doing everything optimally.

A lot of my colleagues have said it's not just about the money. That is important, and OK when your on your own, <30 and trying to make a name for yourself. But I know of some SHIT and I mean AWFUL programmers who get paid thrice as much as I and some colleagues, it often seems experience, or years count more than actual talent sometimes. I'm between 20-29k.