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re: Why do old people suck at computers?

Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:13 am to
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
14973 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:13 am to
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why do you young people suck at work--like in having a work ethic!
Because many spend their youth playing travel ball vs. learning to work.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171512 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:15 am to
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No, it tells us the average age of a developer in silicon valley. That's it. You're connecting a lot of dots in between and being



Yeah but it's not anecdotal.. and is more indicative of the truth than the story posted that I replied to.
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Funny thing is, I agree with you.


Because it's true.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
57344 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:16 am to
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There's actually a metric shite ton of 50+ ladies who have sat at a desk chair their entire lives, but can't manage to compose an e-mail that contains attachments.
But they can answer the shite out of the phone, schedule haircuts and appointments, keep your secrets, and make sure to cover your arse with customers when you head out to play golf early three times a week.

Those ladies dont have to do anything else to be worth their weight in gold.
Posted by Purplehaze
spring, tx
Member since Dec 2003
1999 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:22 am to
As a Controller here in Houston, I insist on simpler spreadsheets. The reasons are as follows:
1. complex spreadsheets are one way to facilitate embezzlement
2. complex spreadsheets are usually the way in which an employee builds sandbags around his castle in the hopes of making his job irreplaceable because he is the only one who understands them
3. Not allowing complex spreadsheets makes it easier for me to fire your arse when you piss me off.
4. I am 68, I do math in my head, I know how to write, i can tell time with a normal watch now furthermore I know how to get places without a map and I also know how to function when the power goes out and renders all the computers useless.
5. Keep on working, my generation needs your social security money.
6. Kiss my arse
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14107 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:26 am to
That's a dumb question.

PS - GET OFF MY LAWN!
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
27907 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:30 am to
Posted by namvet6566
Member since Oct 2012
7028 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:46 am to


Because we used our Brain ?? nstead of a computer
Posted by cahoots
Member since Jan 2009
9134 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:47 am to
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1. complex spreadsheets are one way to facilitate embezzlement
2. complex spreadsheets are usually the way in which an employee builds sandbags around his castle in the hopes of making his job irreplaceable because he is the only one who understands them
3. Not allowing complex spreadsheets makes it easier for me to fire your arse when you piss me off.


Complex spreadsheets are also a way of turning 8 hours of work into 1 hour of work. You know, efficiency. Why can’t I use index/match functions to save time and money? Because you don’t understand them and think I’m embezzling money? Wut

Sounds like you need to take a computer class, not force your employees to dumb down their work
This post was edited on 5/11/18 at 9:49 am
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
59675 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:49 am to
Why do young people suck at telling time on an analog clock?

Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171512 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:53 am to
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Why do young people suck at telling time on an analog clock?


These comparisons

"Why do young people suck at using rotary telephones?"
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59752 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:54 am to
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Because we used our Brain ?? nstead of a computer


Do you work the land with your hand-pushed plow too? Good forbid you learn how to use an important technological development.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59752 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:54 am to
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"Why do young people suck at using rotary telephones?"


Posted by Purplehaze
spring, tx
Member since Dec 2003
1999 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 2:05 pm to
Cahoots - Your problem is your attitude and your arrogance. You think you know it all. That is precisely why you will get terminated more than once. Someone will eventually tell you do it our way or go start your own company.

So do your fellow employees a favor, quit. As we say in Texas, you appear to be all hat and no cattle.

Oh and you can kiss my arse again
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59752 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 2:08 pm to
Did you mean to reply to me?
Posted by BulldogXero
Member since Oct 2011
9845 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 2:13 pm to
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Cahoots - Your problem is your attitude and your arrogance. You think you know it all. That is precisely why you will get terminated more than once. Someone will eventually tell you do it our way or go start your own company. So do your fellow employees a favor, quit. As we say in Texas, you appear to be all hat and no cattle. Oh and you can kiss my arse again


Oh wow you really showed him dawg
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
13963 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 4:29 pm to
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I think this is what you meant to say.


Pretty it. There was a GP that I liked going to because he was a great physician.

His practice ended up going under because they couldn't get patients to pay their bills.

He wanted to be a doctor, not a business man.

Great guy.
Posted by tigercross
Member since Feb 2008
4918 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 4:55 pm to
What do they want you to use instead of INDEX/MATCH? VLOOKUP? If they understand VLOOKUP well enough to check those formulas, it would take like 5 minutes of explanation for them to understand INDEX/MATCH. Not to mention that INDEX/MATCH can do a lookup to the left of a reference cell and allegedly takes less time for the processors to calculate.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
33851 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 5:04 pm to
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Purplehaze

Do you really not know how to reply to a specific person?

You sound like you hate efficiency and would rather someone waste time, than you take the time to learn something new. You also sound a little paranoid.

Old people are awful at technology, even old people who work in tech suck at tech

ETA: the two most important ‘traits’ that a person can have in business are the willingness to learn and the ability to adapt.
This post was edited on 5/11/18 at 5:07 pm
Posted by TigerTattle
Out of Town
Member since Sep 2007
6638 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 5:31 pm to
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Why do old people suck at computers?


I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case it's so that I can aggravate the hell out of my kids. Payback.
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54453 posts
Posted on 5/11/18 at 5:56 pm to
How come young people can't add and subtract in their heads? Why are young people worthless at making change when purchasing something?

i.e., why can't young people basically do anything without a cell phone?
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