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It's literally written by an individual that is male. Let's hope he knows what gender he is.

Then they should have used "How THIS technical co-founder spends HIS time" -- by using "a" instead of "this" he implies a generality.

It doesn't imply anything, it's just an ambiguous construction.

That was my original thought as well, though I can see the other reading now, too.

So while the title could perhaps have been better worded, I can believe no conscious bias was intended.

Nope. Title refers to the author himself.

(Author here.) Subsequent comments are correct: I am a male, and the subject is me, hence "him".

However, I have no problem using a non-gendered pronoun, so I have changed it to "their" in the article.