I teach electronics and programming at an art school/university. One trend I have noticed is that young people have increasingly unrealistic expectations how di

I teach electronics and programming at an art school/university. One trend I have noticed is that young people have increasingly unrealistic expectations how difficult certain things are. I blame DIY youtube/tiktok for this — you know the kind where it looks very simple, as if it takes a minute and boof you have a cool thing. I often have to explain to them why the thing that they saw working for 2 seconds in that tiktok clip will likely not work unattended for their full day exhibition weekend. But those are some people from that generation, there are just as many that just want to learn and don't want to take shortcuts. I agree however that overestimating your own abilities is a generic trait of you g people regardless of generation — but that is how they learn — how we all learned.