I think the article is trying to argue that we should embrace the bifurcation of the tech industry. It's pretty fair to say most software developers don't need

I think the article is trying to argue that we should embrace the bifurcation of the tech industry. It's pretty fair to say most software developers don't need a full computer science education. In my view, web development is especially vulnerable to continued commoditization. It makes sense to optimize the lower hanging fruit among programming jobs - aside from perpetuating high (arguably, inefficiently so) salaries, the barrier to entry really doesn't need to be as high as it is now. That's not to say coding bootcamps are the answer, but vocational training is at least a step in the right direction. From one perspective, this would be good because driving down barriers to entry will theoretically increase jobs and reduce costs. From another, it's obviously not great for web developers who are highly paid, though it could theoretically raise salaries even higher for the fewer highly trained engineers who actually require a computer science education. Either way, I think the industry would need to substantially change before the less complex/more rote programming jobs could be subsumed into vocational training. It would require a pretty significant cultural shift.