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My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We're in our early 40s.

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's actually a regression where millennial who grew up with pc are still the best at it gen z is as bad as boomers. If it's not an app or website they are lost at even the smallest issue.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I notice this way more today with my job. The people we used to hire for computer support would know most of the things they were supposed to. Today most of the people we hire it seems like they can only follow a script or SOP and that's it, basic troubleshooting or logic just goes out the window. It's super sad... and even worse having to manage them.

Edit: I also don't think it helps that they only get to deal with systems that have been made so user friendly anymore that most options to do anything are just built in or a command away so they really never deal with any of the stuff underneath to figure out how systems run.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago

I constantly think of the ObiWan meme. They were supposed to be the chosen ones. They were supposed to be better with tech, not worse.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Just like there are exceptions to all boomers being bad at tech, there is definitely are exceptions to the gen z thing as well and I hope I am one of those exceptions.