America's Growing Gap in Digital Job Skills

Re:America's Growing Gap in Digital Job Skills by tonyedgecombe on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:51AM (#15738676)

My parents were confused and routinely called me to ask how to make the phone work.

That sounds so funny.

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Re:America's Growing Gap in Digital Job Skills by vturner on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:08AM (#15738723)

It's most certainly not funny when you've lived it. My mother is routinely frustrated by her android phone I bought her due to unending UI tweaks.

It's striking how to us software developers what is an exciting new feature or nice cosmetic change is nothing more than a pain point for many people. Digital devices to many people are tools not toys. When we realize this, it's easy to understand how a change is not fun for them but merely work.

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Re:America's Growing Gap in Digital Job Skills by tonyedgecombe on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:22AM (#15738752)

Sorry, I didn't mean it's funny dealing with your parents, I know that feeling myself. Rather that they phoned you because their phone didn't work.

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Re:America's Growing Gap in Digital Job Skills by vturner on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:27AM (#15738975)

Ah, I see now :) I didn't catch the irony there before. My apologies fory hasty comment.

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Re:America's Growing Gap in Digital Job Skills by thisisit on Monday November 20, 2017 @06:12AM (#15739143)

Sure :) One of those things which makes you wonder why even have a smartphone when the old dumb phones can do the trick.

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