Well, damn. They should have just boiled it all down and asked at the beginning: "Are you a Hermione? Well, okay, then, go for it."

Not a programmer, but as a speaker-to-techies, that sounds accurate enough to warrant further exploration. Including the subtextual warning of sexism (being the only girl focused on in a cluster of boys in the plot, etc.) isn't wrong, though it's probably worse IRL.