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Re:Learning to program is getting harder by PeterStuer on Saturday February 17, 2018 @02:41AM (#16399570)
(btw, I'll use 'older' and 'younger' as a sort of statistical reference, not implying a strict age separation exists and all on either side are clones of a prototype)

I recognize this. My 'younger' colleagues can't install a computer from scratch, a get completely stuck on the slightest network issue. But I don't thin it is related to education. The 'older' programmer had to squire these skills by necessity as it was completely impossible to use a computer otherwise. For us getting a new release of Windows or VS usually meant wiping everything clean and install from scratch a we all knew how dodgy 'upgrading' was. My 'younger' colleagues wouldn't know where to begin when they can't hit update and everything works. They have to wait and rely on a system manager to re-image their machine for them.

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Re:Learning to program is getting harder by cheschire on Saturday February 17, 2018 @02:46AM (#16399586)
The youngest guy on my team refuses to reinstall his development environment like the rest of us when new major platform changes occur. Then every few months complains when his environment causes an error in the build.
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