I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.

What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?

  • Nobsi@feddit.de
    18·
    10 months ago

    Lol no. Most people get hired because there is a need for them.
    Is a Starbucks Barista new-hire required to know what the difference between a 2 week old robusta and a 4 week old arabica is?
    Does he need to kow how to use a POS System?
    Nope. You just train them.

    Does a straight out of School Sysadmin need to know what all the 7 Layers are for? Or how to use Wireshark? Or how to configure a Switch from Brand ? No. They learn that on the Job.
    Sysadmins also don’t have a trade or vocational school.
    Does a new-hire junior programmer need to know the codebase for the program they are being paid to work on? No they get the codebase and learn along.
    The last 2 examples were much, MUCH deeper than the amount of excel you realistically need.

    Highschoolers do not learn cisco unless they choose to.
    And Excel and word are not that deep that you need any knowlede in them. One is a sheet that you can learn in 5 minutes and the other is a word processor.

    It is naive to talk about the downfall of computer literacy when everything is moving away from computers.

    I manage my Staff from my phone or tablet at home.
    I click where i wanna go and i put in what it wants from me.
    I can teach this stuff to my 5 year old and the rules behind it to my 16 year old. Both have never touched word or excel.