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Most children do not take on the responsibility of setting an alarm, getting up in the morning, cooking for themselves, and then walking to the bus stop to take

Most children do not take on the responsibility of setting an alarm, getting up in the morning, cooking for themselves, and then walking to the bus stop to take the bus to school (or their own car). Pretty much every adult does this as a matter of course.

gbear605 6y ago
...perhaps other than the breakfast part, that’s exactly what most teenagers do every morning (at least in non-COVID) times. Certainly children don’t, if you’re only talking about prepubescent children, but they’re also not particularly relevant to a discussion about working from home.
- RandoHolmes 6y ago
  > Certainly children don’t, if you’re only talking about prepubescent children, but they’re also not particularly relevant to a discussion about working from home. Then I think it's pretty clear that's not what I meant when I said children... It becomes even more clear when you realize I said "or their own car", or did you think it was my belief that 5 year olds were driving themselves to school?
  - gbear605 6y ago
    I had covered teenagers earlier in my comment, and so I wanted to cover younger children with the rest of the comment.
alexbanks 6y ago
Right but we’re not talking about children. We’re talking about recently hired software engineers? And if you’re saying “pretty much every adult”, doesn’t that include those engineers?
- RandoHolmes 6y ago
  Are you claiming that a 21 year old engineer is obviously going to be as experienced at life as a 40 year old engineer? Because that's what you're implying here, and I don't think any reasonable person would make the claim that's obvious.
  - alexbanks 6y ago
    I didn’t think we were talking about life experience, I thought we were talking about the nebulous term “discipline.” And you’re switching back and forth between “young people”, “children” and now “21 year olds.” I’m trying to understand where this bias comes from, is all.

gbear605 6y ago

...perhaps other than the breakfast part, that’s exactly what most teenagers do every morning (at least in non-COVID) times. Certainly children don’t, if you’re only talking about prepubescent children, but they’re also not particularly relevant to a discussion about working from home.

RandoHolmes 6y ago
> Certainly children don’t, if you’re only talking about prepubescent children, but they’re also not particularly relevant to a discussion about working from home. Then I think it's pretty clear that's not what I meant when I said children... It becomes even more clear when you realize I said "or their own car", or did you think it was my belief that 5 year olds were driving themselves to school?
- gbear605 6y ago
  I had covered teenagers earlier in my comment, and so I wanted to cover younger children with the rest of the comment.

alexbanks 6y ago

Right but we’re not talking about children. We’re talking about recently hired software engineers? And if you’re saying “pretty much every adult”, doesn’t that include those engineers?

RandoHolmes 6y ago
Are you claiming that a 21 year old engineer is obviously going to be as experienced at life as a 40 year old engineer? Because that's what you're implying here, and I don't think any reasonable person would make the claim that's obvious.
- alexbanks 6y ago
  I didn’t think we were talking about life experience, I thought we were talking about the nebulous term “discipline.” And you’re switching back and forth between “young people”, “children” and now “21 year olds.” I’m trying to understand where this bias comes from, is all.