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Reminds me of an old math professor I had. Before word processors, he'd write up the exam on paper, and the department secretary would type it up. Then when wo
by BeetleB 2y ago
Reminds me of an old math professor I had. Before word processors, he'd write up the exam on paper, and the department secretary would type it up.
Then when word processors came around, it was expected that faculty members will type it up themselves.
I don't know if there were fewer secretaries as a result, but professors' lives got much worse.
He misses the old days.
- zusammen 2y agoTo be truthful, though, that’s only like 0.01 percent of the “academia was stolen from us and being a professor (if you ever get there at all) is worse” problem.
- jhbadger 2y agoThis wasn't just a "academia" thing, though. All business executives (even low level ones) had secretaries in the 1980s and earlier too. Typing wasn't something most people could do and it was seen as a waste of time for them to learn. So people dictated letters to secretaries who typed them. After the popularity of personal computers, it just became part of everyone's job to type their correspondence themselves and secretaries (greatly reduced in number and rebranded as "assistants" who deal more with planning meetings and things) became limited only to upper management.
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