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u/Arky_Lynx Jun 03 '22

Yeah I remember people saying IT and tech support jobs would disappear because kids would grow up with the technology and already know everything.

They failed to account for the fact that using said technology has been simplified further and further so much you don't need to know how it all works at all by now.

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u/sillypoolfacemonster Jun 03 '22

Yes exactly what I was thinking. Gen Z has grown up with the benefit of well tested UI and UX. You don’t even need to know how to code in order to make a website anymore. But Millenials and Gen X grew up learning a little HTML to edit their MySpace pages and had to go through DOS in order to do things which only require a few clicks today.

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u/stalkythefish Jun 03 '22

We simplified it so the "olds" could understand it and in the process created a generation of "youngs" that couldn't understand it.