It's incredibly clear who the devs assume the target market is.
The people with the time and desire to do something are the ones most likely to do it, this is no brilliant observation.
Spending all your time on dates and wives and kids means you're not spending all your time building houses.
I do nerdy computer things and I actually build things too, for example I busted up the limestone in my backyard in put in a patio and raised garden. Working 16 hours a day coding/or otherwise computering isn't that hard even if your brain is melted at the end of the day. 8 - 10 of physically hard labor and your body starts taking damage if you keep it up too long.
And really building houses is a terrible example! In the US we've been chronically behind on building millions of units of houses. People complain the processes are terribly slow and there is tons of downtime.
So yea, I don't think your analogy works at all.