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ssully | 2 years ago

Do you mean for work use, or for all their computing needs? I’ve never used a personal computer for work.

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randallsquared|2 years ago

Everything that wasn’t doable on their smartphone. They would use their work computer for personal things because they just didn’t have a “personal” computer other than a phone. Hence my startlement.

asdajksah2123|2 years ago

Yeah, I'm seeing this with new hires as well.

Several of them don't own computers and rely entirely on smartphones for their computing needs.

It's frankly a worrying trend. Smartphones are consumer devices that do not allow the kind of automation, tinkering, scripting, and ownership that computers do.

On the flip side it means that I will be more competitive in the job market as I grow older than I was expecting.