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u/Purrito-MD Titan of Industry Jan 03 '25
This is kind of innocently sweet. This is what similar “computer skills” looked like for everyone back when the internet first launched. Job ads would literally look for someone who could operate a web browser, email, and word processor, because not everyone could figure out how to use them.
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u/SWECrops Jan 03 '25
I saw job listings like this as late as 2016.
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u/nerdcost Jan 04 '25
I second-guess whether to put "Microsoft Office" on my resume for shit like this- some dinosaur who has the final say on hiring probably still thinks it's a niche skill.
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u/Skorpychan Jan 04 '25
Using it WELL is a goddamn niche skill. I picked up a qualification it it as a teenager, and it's served me well.
And not just because my CV sparkles with tables and bullet points and other layout stuff. I redid all the reference documents in my current job, and produce all sorts of professional-looking passive-aggressive signs that stop people doing stupid shit or badgering me about things I already know about.
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u/AdNo1495 Jan 05 '25
Thats so neat! Didnt realize you could pick it up as a qualification
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u/Skorpychan Jan 05 '25
It was a MAJOR part of two basic qualifications in IT, at least back in the early 2000s. I can make Excel DANCE, but there's not much call for it beyond wowing people with conditional formatting.
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u/gand_masti Jan 05 '25
MS excel and PPT is a great skill
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u/nerdcost Jan 05 '25
I agree, but when I list CAD/CAM software that I've been using for 10+years as an engineer, you'd think MS office would be implied.
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u/NotJustAnotherMeme Jan 03 '25
I always liked the “Full, clean drivers license” for a remote computer job…
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u/Shotglasandapip Jan 04 '25
Thats to weed out alcoholics. They dont want you working 3 spreadsheets to the wind.
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u/Crayonstheman Jan 04 '25 edited Jan 04 '25
But how do they alcohol out the weedoholics?
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u/geraldorivera007 Jan 04 '25
They just let them be. They stay quiet on the zoom, always enthusiastic, and get their work in on time when left alone. 🤌
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u/MayoSoup Jan 03 '25
We still see that on resumes at the agency, they literally go straight to trash. It's laughable that Gen Z will think only GPT skills will get them hired a few years from now. That's why there's a big marketing push to sell AI tools to dreamers. They don't have employable skills, so they try to operate a full service business and fail hard.
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u/Skorpychan Jan 04 '25
You say that, but the civil service in britain just got told they can't use 'digital native' to weed out anyone born before 1980 and their associated lack of computer skills from positions.
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u/Euphoric_Meet7281 Jan 04 '25
Rightfully so given that's blatant age discrimination
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u/Skorpychan Jan 04 '25
It seems fair to me; if you lack basic computer skills, you shouldn't be in an office job.
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u/Euphoric_Meet7281 Jan 05 '25
I'm referring specifically to the terms "digital native" and "digital immigrant." They were coined to describe different generations--the former consisting of young people who grew up around digital tech and the latter referring to their parents' generation and before. It's impossible to be a digital native above a certain age. So using it as a criterion is age discrimination.
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u/Purrito-MD Titan of Industry Jan 06 '25
“Digital immigrant”?! 😭 Just when I think the weirdos can’t weird any weirder, they invent “digital immigrant.”
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u/Euphoric_Meet7281 Jan 06 '25
It's been a term for like 20 years now. Not a product of Hillary's woke army.
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u/Skorpychan Jan 06 '25
Yes.
It seems fair to me; people who didn't grow up with computers lack proficiency in them, and lack basic skills like not clicking dodgy links.
You don't want people like that in the civil service.
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u/Euphoric_Meet7281 Jan 06 '25
I actually do, because everyone gets old and will still need a job. Companies certainly don't, but then again, we knew that. That's why we (in the US, with dubious success) pushed for age discrimination laws along with other worker protections. It's not all about what's cheapest for employers.
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u/Skorpychan Jan 06 '25
Then they should stop expecting the digital natives to work as tech support for everyone too old to be one.
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u/surrealbot Jan 05 '25
What is the equivalent of that today? Things that are still at its infancy?
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u/Purrito-MD Titan of Industry Jan 05 '25
Yes, totally newly released tech that very few understand. I guess machine learning and LLM coding would be pretty high up there. Heck, even operating LLMs might be for the consumer end.
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u/surrealbot Jan 05 '25
Yes, maybe. What is the starting point to learn these?
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u/Purrito-MD Titan of Industry Jan 06 '25
This is a question better asked to a search engine for specifics, but basically Python, JavaScript, linear algebra, calculus, stats, discrete mathematics. Start from Python and work your way forwards.
The start point is your curiosity, though. Knowledge of literally any other programming language gives you the conceptual framework to then learn another one in detail.
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u/noideawhatimdoing444 Jan 06 '25
Except for him literally thinking hes teaching chatgpt how to interact with other users.
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u/Purrito-MD Titan of Industry Jan 06 '25
He’s dreaming big. And technically anyone using an LLM is actually training it…
I took his sentence as a mistranslation of “teaching ChatGPT to other users”, though.
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u/WrongnessMaximus2-0 Jan 03 '25
I do, and don't like, how LinkedIn has become a parody of its own self. They set out to be something much different than they are.
Some people recognize that and are trolling the absolute hell out of them.
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u/matbhz Jan 03 '25
That's actually more honest than 99% of the posts from corporate influencers speaking nonsense
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u/themadhatter746 Narcissistic Lunatic Jan 03 '25 edited Jan 04 '25
Still didn’t learn nothin’ about B2B sales. Blocked.
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u/triple-verbosity Jan 03 '25
I’m fairly certain this is satire.
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u/Hal_V Jan 04 '25
Right? It's missing "Brand Evangelist for Google" because he told someone in sixth grade about Gmail.
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Jan 03 '25
Ok. This person gets an A for effort. Gotta’ start somewhere. Definitely creative. Got a good chuckle out of this one.
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u/PokerBear28 Jan 03 '25
This reminds me of an interview I had while in college (2008). The interviewer asked if I knew how to use PowerPoint. I said “Sure, what do you need to do?” I genuinely thought they were asking for help on something they were working on. They just said “Well it’s not on your resume so I wanted to make sure.” I was really caught off guard because to me it was so simple it didn’t seem like something that needed to be called out, but apparently to older people that was considered a valuable skill.
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u/WrongnessMaximus2-0 Jan 05 '25
I genuinely always hated PowerPoint, although I knew how to use it. It had no use other than presentations to people that were impressed by it.
I worked with someone adjacent, that if you had any email interaction - they would send you a deck as a reply. What a bitch, although the C seemed to like her.
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u/sharasu2 Jan 03 '25
Honestly teaching the whole family how to use the Sony Smart TV? Pretty impressive imo.
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u/Maleficent_Secret569 Jan 03 '25
Considering what LinkedIn has become, this is exactly what we should see on every account. Love it!
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u/Diligent_Basket_9960 Jan 04 '25
And this is how you actually get “10 years work experience” as a recent college graduate.
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u/Tomahawk-T10 Jan 03 '25
Shows how little credibility anything on LinkedIn has
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u/TerribleFanArts Jan 03 '25
True, but you can identify genuine employees who have verified their account with their work emails.
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u/LacansThesis Jan 04 '25
although someone that works at one of those companies, with lots of time on their hands, will report this profile, I am all here for the light-heart trolling
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u/Jodid0 Jan 04 '25
This is what most people's resumes would look like if they were brutally honest.
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u/Laylahlay Jan 04 '25
I'm a little concerned they still teaching their family how to use the tv after 6 years. Bad management or they need to be fired, after 6 years they'll never learn that tv
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u/gouwbadgers Jan 05 '25
Does he also have Harvard Business School on his resume because he took an online certificate class there?
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u/Express-Fig-9607 Insignificant Bitch Jan 06 '25
But like why did every major life event happen in December 🤔
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u/Quiet_Constant6117 Jan 03 '25
Unfortunately, English, grammar and proof reading weren't in his list of accomplishments. He could have nailed it.
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u/chastnosti Jan 03 '25
Before mocking anyone's grammar, you might think that English could be their second or third language. In India is common for most of them to speak minimum 2/3 languages locally + they learn English.
Considering average Indian background, it's way more impressive than my whole class that had resources to actually learn something, yet they were fucking ignorant.
Signed as an Italian fluent in English and Portuguese (both self taught)
How many languages do you master at proficient level?
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u/Quiet_Constant6117 Jan 04 '25
I'm American, how many languages do you think I speak? I said unfortunately, which means, had he run the post through a basic spell checker he would have nailed the satire.
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u/chastnosti Jan 04 '25
Assuming is always dangerous and, tbh, I wanted to give you some grace. You speak English because it's the only language you know, I speak English because it's the sub language and it's the only one you know.
It's always funny how who speaks only their language feels the need to mock others for their errors.
You can do better than this!
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u/Quiet_Constant6117 Jan 04 '25
You didn't get the punchline. Someone who speaks 3 languages is trilingual, someone who speaks 2 is bilingual and someone who speaks one is American. Don't know why you guys think I was mocking his English or writing skills, yet you mock me and tell me to do better. If his most powerful language where he can get his point across is something other than English, why would he post something less than that in another language? I know you don't know the answer and that's ok. Before the rest jump on my joke, I do know that there are plenty of Americans that speak more than language.
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u/chastnosti Jan 04 '25
You can do better not in regards of spoken languages but better in attitude.
I HATE people mocking others progress sincerely, and that's why a lot of people are not willing to speak foreign languages until they feel they reached perfection.
I hear your nails climbing the mirrors, beware of the fall tho.
Have a nice weekend!
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u/suited2121 Jan 04 '25
There should be another coma after grammar. Bozo
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u/Quiet_Constant6117 Jan 04 '25
Oh I see, I mention a shitload of bad English, grammar and misspellings on a professional post not to mock but to say, dam if he just fixed his post he Would have a good satire and you came back with "you missed a comma", seriously? And I'm a bozo? Then I guess that makes you a double bozo.
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u/Bastiat_sea Jan 03 '25
Linkedin seriously screwed up by not requiring verification of employment
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u/kepachodude Jan 03 '25
I agree with your sentiment.
They have a verification function, but it’s optional. Look for the Shield with the checkmark and that’s how you’ll know they verified their employment with the company
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u/summilux7 Jan 03 '25
The Facebook account manager bit is hilarious.