Intersting comment, Snyrse.  

I saw one fascinating "transition" back in the late 1980s, when computer technology was introduced to the offices of a major client and a computer moved into the office of my contact, a Senior VP. He was excited about the prospect of (wait for it) typing his own correspondence, memos and reports. You know: the duties that kept at least one secretary/stenographer/exec. assistant employed right outside his office door.  No more! So, the man who was making many times the amount of money that woman (yeah, woman) was making was now demeaned himself (my phrase) to do a good deal of HER work as well as his increasing workload (they recently been bought out by a national firm, and oh, boy! The workload shift THAT entailed!)

Oh, and in the meantime, he had to learn to (gasp!) type. Because, of course, he had never learned that skill. He just hand-wrote or dictated to his secretary.  No more!  Typing lessons, please!  

I thought it ridiculous then, still do now.