The same arguments presented by the article could be applied equally to the fate of farmers after the mechanization of farming. A mechanically inclined boy in a rural area is now more likely to grow up and become a tractor mechanic than a farmer.

There is an interesting story underneath this article about how technology displaces people and changes how society sees them (and how they see themselves). But that story isn't told. Instead a bunch of navel gazing about Silicon Valley gender inequities steals the focus.