[etothepii]

They didn't know what it means or what it does or that it's important.

I'm not sure it matters for most practical uses what i++ means so long as you know it is required.

Much as with {} being used for scoping.

Though I agree it is jarring how little many in Gen Z know about how anything works.

[maccard]

> Though I agree it is jarring how little many in Gen Z know about how anything works.

I've worked with GenX'ers and Millenials (I'm a millenial), and this isn't unique to GenZ at all. A large number of people don't understand, and are just getting by. Anecdotally, I've seen people at very senior engineering positions who just don't understand the basics of what they're doing. Does that mean that it's jarring how many GenX'ers don't understand?

[wholinator2]

Yeah, we see this a lot with younger people because they are just starting in the world. Also, they're the predominate generation right now that's video taping and posting every even possibly interesting moment of their lives, irrespective of whether some 30 year old thinks it's embarrassing. If 60 year olds were posting every strange thought or funny moment we'd have some opinions about them too (Facebook, anyone?) They're just thinking about and misunderstanding a different set of things. But i think the kids are somewhat closer to a humility that might be hard to find elsewhere.

[maccard]

> If 60 year olds were posting every strange thought or funny moment we'd have some opinions about them too (Facebook, anyone?)

My older relatives pore out the most excruciating details of their personal lives on people's Facebook profiles, not understanding that it's not a private message. These people grew up and we're the ones who warned us "never use your real name online", etc.

[homami]

Unfortunately this person graduating from a Western European uni, could not even grasp the algorithm for creating a count down timer.

They asked me for career advice. I wonder whether the jobs that require only this level of copy and pasting skills would thrive or die in the AI era.

[Kim_Bruning]

Except it's not required :-P