Let's examine this. Suppose in ten, twenty years from now, all us old fogies are retired or dead. Who are left? The Millennials. Imagine you're a Millennial

Let's examine this. Suppose in ten, twenty years from now, all us old fogies are retired or dead. Who are left? The Millennials. Imagine you're a Millennial hiring manager. You're interviewing someone. The interviewee texts in the middle of that. Would you feel offended? Maybe. Or maybe you are also texting your colleagues and HR during the interview.[1] This is assuming that something like Google Glasses is not more ubiquitous. That is to say, Buckminster Fuller's notion of ephemeralization (tech gets smaller and smaller until it becomes invisible and everywhere). That is, non-localized communication technologies becomes invisible and everywhere. This is also assuming that our current hiring practices are still relavent. There's an excellent Wired magazine articles about the kids born after 1993: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2013/04/genwired/ http://www.wired.com/magazine/2013/04/genwired/ Something to think about if you're looking to stay relavent in tech. [1] Caveat: I set aside time daily for mindfulness meditation. For me, texting during the interview isn't so much as rude or inappropriate as much as you're scattering your attention to multiple places, so you are not as effective. On the other hand, if the people you are texting are helping you with the interview, then more attention is on the interview than any one single person can muster.