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>Someone who works a basic desk job that requires basic competency of microsoft word. I dont actually think there many of those people out there. And those tha

>Someone who works a basic desk job that requires basic competency of microsoft word. I dont actually think there many of those people out there. And those that are, are on their way out. There are basically none of those people entering the work force. There are tons of people with that sort of computer literacy but they aren't working on computers.

californical 10mo ago
Eh, I can think of some examples for sure, I think there are still a lot of people like this. * Bookkeeper & planning approval within city government * Doctor/dentist/optometry receptionist & scheduler (both at independent offices and at major hospitals) * Front desk staff at almost every company with a physical front desk * University administrative staff (there can be a lot more of these people than you'd think) * DMV workers * Probably lots of teachers Those jobs all will use other software as well, but a lot of their job is making and filling forms on a computer, where they are likely needing to use MS Word fairly often to write things up.
- mrdependable 10mo ago
  A lot of these have to do with other peoples data. Are we feeding these machines social security numbers and other PII?
  - californical 10mo ago
    I hope not, but… Yes, probably is happening regularly everywhere it’s not explicitly regulated
    - InitialLastName 10mo ago
      Even where it is explicitly regulated, it's probably being done unthinkingly.
  - TeMPOraL 10mo ago
    It's not any practical problem if it's not used for training and product improvement. It's also not a legal problem if contracts have such provisions and are compatible with laws in relevant jurisdictions.
BeetleB 10mo ago
Oh what a bubble you live in. Word dominates in the corporate space.
- nonethewiser 10mo ago
  >Word dominates in the corporate space. That doesnt rebut anything I said. How about young people entering the workforce who primarily work on computers but are mostly computer illiterate? It definitely exists. But it's shrinking. There are tons of computer illiterate people, less so but even amongst young people, but they arent primarily working on computers. There is still a sizable chunk over 40 but those days are numbered.

californical 10mo ago

Eh, I can think of some examples for sure, I think there are still a lot of people like this. * Bookkeeper & planning approval within city government * Doctor/dentist/optometry receptionist & scheduler (both at independent offices and at major hospitals) * Front desk staff at almost every company with a physical front desk * University administrative staff (there can be a lot more of these people than you'd think) * DMV workers * Probably lots of teachers Those jobs all will use other software as well, but a lot of their job is making and filling forms on a computer, where they are likely needing to use MS Word fairly often to write things up.

mrdependable 10mo ago
A lot of these have to do with other peoples data. Are we feeding these machines social security numbers and other PII?
- californical 10mo ago
  I hope not, but… Yes, probably is happening regularly everywhere it’s not explicitly regulated
  - InitialLastName 10mo ago
    Even where it is explicitly regulated, it's probably being done unthinkingly.
- TeMPOraL 10mo ago
  It's not any practical problem if it's not used for training and product improvement. It's also not a legal problem if contracts have such provisions and are compatible with laws in relevant jurisdictions.

BeetleB 10mo ago

Oh what a bubble you live in. Word dominates in the corporate space.

nonethewiser 10mo ago
>Word dominates in the corporate space. That doesnt rebut anything I said. How about young people entering the workforce who primarily work on computers but are mostly computer illiterate? It definitely exists. But it's shrinking. There are tons of computer illiterate people, less so but even amongst young people, but they arent primarily working on computers. There is still a sizable chunk over 40 but those days are numbered.