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I told a junior developer (to me, as I'm in my 40ies) to try to use a console based debugger (gave him my scripts).. last time I met him he told me that he was grateful because it speeded up his work. He was just using VS code before.

So some people just need a nudge in the right direction.

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Yeah I've had to do a lot of mentoring and explaining. Kind of funny, and satisfying, to see people posting articles and videos about how they discovered the power of the command line, a new sense of mastery. Welcome to the 1980s!

I once had a long argument with a colleague who did not realize that MacOS had terminal. I brought my macbook in and showed him. Many young people are often surprised at even the Windows command line. They must be taught that only Linux has this.

If there's no "Like" or "Share" button, no videos popping up, they probably don't recognize it as a computer at all.

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