[CQ-Contest] Interesting Youth In Ham Radio (was Digest)

[Jim Brown]

I beg to differ. Those you describe below are the exception, as were the 
techies in my generation. Yes, there are certainly those you describe, 
but the great masses of younger people have no clue about anything 
technical, nor even about anything of substance!  Yes, they're good at 
using their smart phones (and before that, computers) to do 
non-technical things. One big thing that has changed is that my 
generation learned a lot more about history, geography, and civics than 
our education system currently teaches.

In short, I don't think much has changed in regard to their capabilities 
in the realm of science. The sharper folks in my generation put us in 
space, those in younger generations will take the world to places we 
have not even conceived.

73, Jim K9YC

  On 11/12/2017 2:21 PM, Ria Jairam wrote:
> With all due respect, I think you vastly underestimate today's youth.
>
> I work with millenials and I'm barely one myself (probably the term
> Xennial is a better fit). They work long hours, they pump out code,
> they work magic with a lot of stuff. To say that they don't understand
> how computers work is inaccurate.
>
> Walk into Google, Facebook or any other tech outfit and you'll see the
> level of dedication and competence.