"I had some quirk in my history that motivated me to slog through years of seemingly meaningless crap to get to where I am today. It worked out great for me! Now I can't imagine any other path actually working for anybody else."

I think I know what you are getting at, there certainly seems to be the bias of Software Development being the best profession in the world.

But with STEM in general, what I personally care about is teach my kids rational and logical thinking, and of course the ability to build things. Occasionally I ponder dong a sewing course together with my kids, and I might one day. It's nice to have skills that you can build things with. But it is hard to beat the possibilities you have with programming.

Besides, it is a skill that could come in handy in many other professions, as well as a fallback line. Also, it is unfortunately the only thing I am good at, so what else am I supposed to teach my kids?

This sounds like the arguments middle school administrators make for cutting band programs. Not everything has to be for every kid. For the kids it's meaningful for, it's irreplaceable.