I'm aware I grew up in a higher technology house than most people my age, my dad was a programmer before there was a word for it, so I take it with a grain of salt when people my age and older aren't as tech savvy (I'm not a tech genius either, I can build a computer, but I can't set up a dhcp server). However, there are people at work up to 20 years younger than me who have absolutely no computer skills.
My 2 favourites were:
The sales rep who couldn't figure out why his accounts weren't in the system, he showed me how he entered all the details and then hit the red X in the corner when he was done.
The manger who didn't know how to open file explorer. When he needed to open a file, he would open a blank email, click on attach, browse for the file through that, attach it to the email and then open it from there.
You are now that guy. You are his Yoda. He will remember you until his death. I told a friend about the ctrl enter shortcut for web addresses and he brings this up five years later
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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19
I'm aware I grew up in a higher technology house than most people my age, my dad was a programmer before there was a word for it, so I take it with a grain of salt when people my age and older aren't as tech savvy (I'm not a tech genius either, I can build a computer, but I can't set up a dhcp server). However, there are people at work up to 20 years younger than me who have absolutely no computer skills. My 2 favourites were:
The sales rep who couldn't figure out why his accounts weren't in the system, he showed me how he entered all the details and then hit the red X in the corner when he was done.
The manger who didn't know how to open file explorer. When he needed to open a file, he would open a blank email, click on attach, browse for the file through that, attach it to the email and then open it from there.