I was at a meeting yesterday on some new technology. A question came up about how to design jobs for the operations using the equipment. Far and away the majority of the group assembled went into a panic because there is “no software developed to model the work”. After listening to the hand wringing for a bit I offered that it takes but some consideration of the worst case condition and that the solution can be worked out with a pencil and paper or even a slide rule or calculator in about 2 minutes.
Too many have come to depend on software to do their thinking for them.
Computers have taken center stage and they’re a great tool, but people have to remember - or learn - how to do things the old way.