Reply #139: maybe they need mentors [View All]

99% of the people who use computers are aware of less than 1% of the things that can be done with them...
I'm a boomer who was introduced to computers by geekish friends. Good-hearted ones, too, who took the time and trouble to help me through my initial learning curve. I remember two things my CM (computer mentor) said to me.

One was that I should "pay it forward" by helping someone else. That I have done, many times over.

The other was that I would soon be on my way to becoming a "power user." When I asked what that was, he said it was someone who was not just knowledgeable about the computer, but who found endless fascination in finding ways to make it work for them in all aspects of their life.
When I hear stories like this, it makes me wonder if these people the OP is talking about might have become more proficient had they had a mentor like I did.

My mentor is gone now--he passed over last year from cancer, but I know he's probably at work now on computerizing the Akashic records. :)



Cher