Yea this. "people given the same opportunities will be capable of achieving" leaves out the difference in time spent.
On the one hand, I don't know anyone who has put in thousands of hours and not been a decent programmer. On the other, that mixes cause and effect a bit, since it takes a certain type of person to even want to throw a thousand hours into programming in the first place.
“ most people that attempt programming will never be a good programmer”
“ all people given the same opportunities will be capable of achieving, if not the same, then comparable results on a given task”
Persistence is exceedingly rare. Falling short of your capabilities is exceedingly common.