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Surely some GenZs are this way, but there are millions of HS graduates who cannot remember instructions, cannot follow simple rules even when reminded many time

Surely some GenZs are this way, but there are millions of HS graduates who cannot remember instructions, cannot follow simple rules even when reminded many times, cannot follow multistep procedures even when holding a checklist, and can't be bothered to read anything longer than a page. These are the 'employees' that HR is failing to onboard. https://old.reddit.com/r/Teachers/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Teachers/

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One problem is, at least in tech, that the people hired are different now. It used to be that only people deeply interested in tech, with a curious mind, and entirely self starters, were working in the field. There was no Stack Overflow, most questions were answered with a manpage or figuring it out yourself, or maybe a newsgroup with a long response turn around. Often you'd have to just look at the source to fix something, and most people compiled their own software. It was all you. You had to fix everything, all yourself. And you loved it. This required a certain type of intellect. I'm not saying better, simply different, suited to the task. There are lots of highly intelligent people whould could not do the job back then. And to top it all off, the job paid typically very little. So if you were in tech, it wasn't for the money. Today, some people enter tech jobs after 3 month bootcamps. Others are only in it for the coin... which is fine, but a different motivation. Not the same sort who were building hardware from scratch before 10, and programming in basic, and just playing for fun. Such a person already has 15+ years experience before entering the job market. Anyhow. There are still such young people around in tech, but they're just a rarity compared the the sheer numbers just looking for a paycheque, and really are barely interested otherwise. (using a phone or computer as an appliance isn't "interested").

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One problem is, at least in tech, that the people hired are different now. It used to be that only people deeply interested in tech, with a curious mind, and entirely self starters, were working in the field. There was no Stack Overflow, most questions were answered with a manpage or figuring it out yourself, or maybe a newsgroup with a long response turn around. Often you'd have to just look at the source to fix something, and most people compiled their own software. It was all you. You had to fix everything, all yourself. And you loved it. This required a certain type of intellect. I'm not saying better, simply different, suited to the task. There are lots of highly intelligent people whould could not do the job back then. And to top it all off, the job paid typically very little. So if you were in tech, it wasn't for the money. Today, some people enter tech jobs after 3 month bootcamps. Others are only in it for the coin... which is fine, but a different motivation. Not the same sort who were building hardware from scratch before 10, and programming in basic, and just playing for fun. Such a person already has 15+ years experience before entering the job market. Anyhow. There are still such young people around in tech, but they're just a rarity compared the the sheer numbers just looking for a paycheque, and really are barely interested otherwise. (using a phone or computer as an appliance isn't "interested").