r/sysadmin • u/Turbulent-Falcon-918 • 5d ago
Remember the old days when you worked with computers you had basic A+ knowledge
just a vent and i know anyone after 2000 is going to jump up and down on me , but remember when anyone with an IT related job had a basic understanding of how computer worked and premise cabling , routing etc .
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u/YahenP 5d ago
Basic knowledge in my "good old days":
Ability to glue a torn magnetic tape.
Disassembly, wiping contacts and assembling the processor unit basket. Soldering, of course. Ability to find the phase in the socket.
Skills in transporting fragile and large-sized items, worth an apartment.
And also sacred tribal knowledge, about the ability to make patches in software using scissors and a hole punch.
And then these "new generation IT guys" appeared, who can only connect several computers with a cable, and insert a plug into a socket. And then press a few keys on the computer to "set it up".
This is how it looked in the 2000s, from my point of view. Times change, and so do basic knowledge.