(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 prot

(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.