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I don't think you can separate it from age, because having a lot of money and having an elite position are both highly correlated with being near retirement age.

There was an earlier generation that had secretaries to type things for them, and computer operators were essentially the same thing to them, before or after PCs were invented.

My mother was a computer programmer in the 50s through the 70s, and she started out as an engineering assistant. It was considered a low level position compared to an actual engineer.