Interesting thread on the San forum about the new Mac Pro

[Bill Davis]

[Gary Huff] “Most of them aren’t even that smart.”

You’re hanging around the wrong 20 year olds!

I have a kid that age. And I’m constantly surrounded by them. And I find the majority of them to be sharp and certainly no lazier or messed up than my peer group was at 20.

In fact, since most of them have grown up with personal tech as a given, I find this generation WAY more “trainable” than my generation ever was.

They live connected. So I don’t have to seek out the ones that can type – the ones that understand how to navigate a computer UI, or the ones who are comfortable grabbing a basic camera, either still or motion – since they’ve been basically comfortable operating those since they were out of the diaper stage.

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[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] “You’re hanging around the wrong 20 year olds … I find the majority of them to be sharp and certainly no lazier or messed up than my peer group was at 20.”

Couldn’t agree more. I’m amazed at how proficient and technically savy young kids are.

On the other hand I totally disagree with your ideas about how experience and expertise are loosing value due to the internet. I have no fears that a 22 year old is gonna take my job – unless he/she was a child of Orson Wells. I don’t know too many producers that are gonna put a 22 years old in charge of a million dollar project, no matter how sharp they are.

Herb Sevush
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