[skippyboxedhero]

Isn't part of the problem in France the quite rigid educational system? If you don't go to Grande Ecoles then the managerial roles are basically out...but this kind of selects for a lack of practical skills?

The UK is exactly the same btw. One of the changes the current govt is looking at is trying to stop the streamlining of students at 15 into humanities and sciences by making everyone take maths up to 18.

I think the stuff about basic skills is also correct but perhaps orthogonal. Quite agree but it makes us sound like old-school types. I have noticed that younger people don't like using the phone, it is...not good. But I think young people can learn, I worry more about older people preventing their growth.

[throw_away1525]

The phone is an awful means of communication. You can't see the other person's face. That's not how humans are meant to communicate, and I'll never understand why older generations (I'm 35) treat it like a sacred communication device given that in the grand scheme of things it is really a very new technology. And what kind of fucked up device allows literally anyone to interrupt me at any time they want? What if I'm in a flow state? I don't want to talk to you now, I'm getting shit done! Send me a damn message on Slack and I'll respond async when I'm not doing deep work!