Definitely. I recently taught a class with a practical computer component and many undergraduates seemed to have a hard time understanding where their files were saved -- even at a GUI level, not talking about the command line. But it makes sense if their primary tech experience was with phones and tablets. The idea of a file system may never have occurred to them (even if most phones and tablets really run a UNIX-derived OS behind the scenes).
So true. Fortunately I had my kids (well one of them anyway) recently complain to me about how their teachers "don't know anything about computers" and how they "cheated" by using actual computer software that was much better than the "mandatory to use" software on the school tablets.
> (even if most phones and tablets really run a UNIX-derived OS behind the scenes).
Key phrase being "behind the scenes", iOS completely obscured the concept of files to its users for a long time. I don't remember how downloading files off of a website worked though.
Which is wild to me. My high school offered a technology course that included NET certification testing sponsored by Cisco. Our final was to setup a local network on hardware, leave the room, and come back in to troubleshoot whatever the teacher broke. She would change three things - it might be a typo in your DNS records, a barely loose cable between two bridges, or a wiped hosts file, etc. We knew the OSI model and understood IP masking and shakes fists at cloud (computing)
We have the “get a job in tech because it pays well” generation entering the workforce. They have no passion, no true interest in the field. Thankfully, they’re pretty easy to spot in interviews.
