Comment on Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device?
phanto@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I volunteer at the public library. Almost all the people who come in are phones only, and totally lost on a PC. They come in to fill out gov’t PDFs that won’t open on their phones and to print stuff out. My classmates, in the IT program (!) have a lot of trouble navigating on their laptops, and only a couple of us have desktops at all.
datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Who goes into IT without knowing how to use a computer?
tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
People hear that it’s a higher paying office job that has a low barrier for entry, not realizing that continuing education and constant learning are mandatory. If you don’t have a passion for it, you struggle.
phanto@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I ask myself that on a regular basis.
Zink@programming.dev 2 days ago
Probably the old assumption “there’s money in computers” is still guiding some people into the wrong field.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I know someone who just started studying game development. No prior programming experience required. I guess that’s not a problem as long as you do your homework properly.
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I work with a number of developers who don’t know how to find and edit a file on their computer.
Literally.
Tja@programming.dev 1 day ago
I can smell the Javascript from here.