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minus-squareubergeeklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoUp until… Id say 2005 or so… using the internet, or even a computer, wasn’t a requirement for a large number of jobs. Up until around then, you could still live a very full, and productive life, without ever touching a computer (embedded doesn’t count here). That point was about just under half my life… The summers of the 90s? I barely touched a computer, and almost never on weekends. There has been a massive, and rapid shift in paradigm for people who lived through that gap. That said, yes, people can keep up, but it wasn’t required until it caught loads of people by surprise.
minus-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours ago2005 was 20 years ago tho I’m not saying it wasn’t a large shift, but there’s been more then enough time to learn the basics, and I can’t help but feel those who have not are willfully ignorant.
Up until… Id say 2005 or so… using the internet, or even a computer, wasn’t a requirement for a large number of jobs.
Up until around then, you could still live a very full, and productive life, without ever touching a computer (embedded doesn’t count here).
That point was about just under half my life…
The summers of the 90s? I barely touched a computer, and almost never on weekends.
There has been a massive, and rapid shift in paradigm for people who lived through that gap.
That said, yes, people can keep up, but it wasn’t required until it caught loads of people by surprise.
2005 was 20 years ago tho
I’m not saying it wasn’t a large shift, but there’s been more then enough time to learn the basics, and I can’t help but feel those who have not are willfully ignorant.