Why do some people think they can easily do the job of an IT expert if they have a laptop with an internet connection

ShiningStar

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    Why do some people think they can easily do the job of an IT expert if they have a laptop with an internet connection ? I see this tendency among people who lost their jobs + people who failed in their studies .
     

    thenukanc

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    Can't they? I mean not only IT or SE. anything (From rocket science, nuclear physics to complex economics) can be self-taught using the internet these days. The only skill you need is the skill to use the internet correctly. ( Just my opinion)
     

    Anonymous_Abstract

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    basic things in IT aren't that hard ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    :lol: Everything is hard when you are going deep

    Yeah, but, you can use a boat to touch the surface of the ocean.
    you can touch the surface but not the trench


    ps - don't measure the IT from the level of Sri Lankan it employee, Most Lankans are like you they have a big mouth rather than talents
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    avjayarathne

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    why can't? anyone can who have love it.
    Lot of people don't like campus based education like me. We can learn with internet.
     

    Djice

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    out of fucked up land
    :lol: Everything is hard when you are going deep


    you can touch the surface but not the trench


    ps - don't measure the IT from the level of Sri Lankan it employee, Most Lankans are like you they have a big mouth rather than talents
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    Lol, I think you misunderstood what I said. I said basics not the advanced stuff. I am not living or working in your country. I am quite sure I am pretty good at what I do as even AWS wants to hire me. lol
     
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    kingsultan111

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    :lol: Everything is hard when you are going deep


    you can touch the surface but not the trench


    ps - don't measure the IT from the level of Sri Lankan it employee, Most Lankans are like you they have a big mouth rather than talents
    ------ Post added on Nov 3, 2021 at 3:44 PM
    Well, I'd not consider going deeper into rabbit hole unless you have passion because it's anti-specialization which is eventually anti-trade :D

    First of all, The Lankans must leave their religion because they really don't have logical reasoning capabilities other than big mouth :D

    Can't they? I mean not only IT or SE. anything (From rocket science, nuclear physics to complex economics) can be self-taught using the internet these days. The only skill you need is the skill to use the internet correctly. ( Just my opinion)
    They can, but they can't :D

    They will forget everything very next day unless they got a project to apply it on.

    How are you gonna apply Nuclear physics? Are you gonna nuke your ex-girl friend?
     

    RandomGuy

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    Yes. Can.
    Job recruiters these days are only looking for those 2 things as qualifications.
     

    RandomGuy

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    It also has different levels.

    If you can get a fully maxed out laptop with 1gbps internet connection, you can directly apply for a solution architect position or something equivalent.