i agree wholeheartedly with you but just to point out it does look like this is from 2003
That said, it only contains the word "boy" once in the entire article, and only in the provocative headline.
I think we can all look past the provocative headline.
> rather abbreviated poor man’s guide to the field
edit: just realised that there wasn't a space between "poor" and "man". However, it seems from a quick google search both versions (separate and a single word) are used for this expression.