▲ 386 ▼ "Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worse (www.coding2learn.org) submitted 3 years ago by koncertejo@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sir_Kevin@discuss.online 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) I had to program my first computer for it to do anything. Sadly, most people have no grasp what that even means. I've had adults think that means I "downloaded something into the computer" and then it worked. It was around that time I just stopped talking to anyone outside of my geek circle about anything technical. Best to play dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fruitywelsh@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah, I realized I started to sound snarky when I said "I work on computers" when people ask me what I do. Didn't mean it to sound dumb, it was just honestly the level of understanding about computers a lot strangers had when they asked. Saying I did networking or worked with servers didn't mean much, but sometimes people would ask me to work on their WiFi... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fruitywelsh@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah, I realized I started to sound snarky when I said "I work on computers" when people ask me what I do. Didn't mean it to sound dumb, it was just honestly the level of understanding about computers a lot strangers had when they asked. Saying I did networking or worked with servers didn't mean much, but sometimes people would ask me to work on their WiFi... permalink fedilink source parent