> From what I've seen in some of our new recruits, yes. And those are technically educated people. That's really the part I can't wrap my head around.. The fir

> From what I've seen in some of our new recruits, yes. And those are technically educated people. That's really the part I can't wrap my head around.. The first thing I tend to do when I encounter something new -a new phone, a new bike, new tools, etc- is to understand how it works, to see what I can do with it, what its limits are, and most importantly, if I can bend those limits to suit my needs.. Accepting something at face value is really not an option. Partly because, more often than not, that would also mean settling for mediocrity as "quality" seems to be a secondary target nowadays. Thing will not work how you want, things will break and will need to be repaired, some artificial constraints might be need to be circumvented. And on the other hand, there is always something interesting that can be learned by being curious. We are not all wired the same. But if the "technically educated" people are no longer "technical" than at least I shouldn't fear about future employability.