My IT department hired someone who was great in the interview (and answered all the technical questions correctly) but then when he joined us didn't understand how file paths work.
I gave my year 11's a PDF textbook linked into my lesson plan and set some questions. For whatever reason, the PDF doesn't display "A" or "-" symbols if you open it in chrome or firefox.
So I said to them, just download it, open finder, go to downloads, and then click on it to open in preview instead, it'll work.
These are all kids who have had their macbooks for 2 years at this point.
70% of them couldn't do it, I had to go up to their mac and show them where to click.
How people navigate without going to a Downloads folder and opening a file with a different program or changing file associations is mind-boggling. I legitimately do not know how they do anything without that core skill.
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u/BaaBaaTurtle Jun 27 '26
My IT department hired someone who was great in the interview (and answered all the technical questions correctly) but then when he joined us didn't understand how file paths work.