So then would it just be a maturity thing, that's what I'm thinking at this point.
No sir. Maturity is subjective. Generations are not. A "generation" is a matter of finite definition. People often confuse the two, especially when the media came up with catch phrases like "Generation X" and "Generation Y" (which led to every other Generation calling Gen Y, who are the TRUE 90s kids, I was a teen in the 90s, I didn't grow up with Pokemon, for example)...anyhow they were called "Generation WHY?" because they were "too spoiled to work", and then it became the "Millennials".
It's all meaningless. There is VERY little difference in human interaction than what existed 50 or 100 years ago, or even longer. That is a myth. A commonly accepted one, but in my opinion, a common one.
When I hear someone say that their "kid is a natural with computers", for example, as if "computing" is a sport, and not a science, I throw up in my mouth...just a bit...
But, it's so pervasive that I even had a Sprint level three tech who is smart enough to know how to work on the towers and knows the hardware involved, tell me while we were chatting waiting on a system update to hit my router that his kid is a genius with his iPad.
Of course I said nothing, but the reality is...that is what happens when you escalate a science and engineering thing to a matter of emotional reverence...you stop thinking of it as a skill, and start thinking of it as a talent. Sure, some people take to certain things more than others, but that isn't a reflection of talent. It's a reflection of skill.
And, sure, certain skills come to others more naturally than others, but that is what makes us all special.
The WORST thing one can do is try to be something they aren't...and by the same right, the WORST thing one can do is not explore every skill and talent they can to discover both what they enjoy AND what they are good at.
Life is not complicated. It is complex, but it is not complicated.
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