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To: libh8er

This subject tickles my funny bone. My work history involves being an IBM mainframe operator since the 1980’s. I remember laughing at the little ‘folders’ when Windows came on the scene. Before Word, was using ETC (Extended Text Composition) for documentation and was using DOS commands daily. You can say I grew up on the technology. Yes, I am a boomer and it cracks me up when the younger generation talks down to me on tech, their responses when I can reply with ‘why’ something isn’t working, ‘how did you know that?’...I’m old, not dead (and I’m still working as an undocumented DBA). They know what’s on the face of the current thing, they have no clue what goes on behind the scenes to make that thing work. A bulk of the current generation want to just push a button to be a tech, they have no idea that there was someone else doing the job to make that button work.


45 posted on 12/27/2022 4:50:26 AM PST by DataJunkie
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To: DataJunkie

“My work history involves being an IBM mainframe operator since the 1980’s. “

I started on a model 50 back in 78’. Boy have things changed.


58 posted on 12/27/2022 5:53:50 AM PST by dljordan
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