Well, you do have it easier, kinda. And I couldn’t be happier!

A lot of older techs will complain about how things were harder and how new techs are constantly using Google for answers.
Or they say how YouTube gives out too much information to the non-technical.

Honestly, I think they’re just jealous. There’s just too much these days to know how to do or fix everything. And yeah, doing something like upgrading a hard drive is plug and play nowadays. What feels like an eternity ago you had to add the drive and it’s attributes (cylinders, heads, sectors) into the bios before it could work. Don’t forget those jumps! Are you lazy for not having to do that? Hell no!

Doing anything shouldn’t be complex if it doesn’t have to be. When the old techs complain it’s because you don’t have to suffer like they did. Your time is more valuable in understanding your systems and resolving issues than it is making sure all your SCSI connections are numbered properly and have terminations.

I remember when something as simple as connecting a monitor required drivers, knowing the resolutions and frequencies each could run at! When monitors could relay this info directly to Windows I was ecstatic! And now realistically we only deal with a handful of resolutions and refresh rates, it’s even better!

I’m glad the the new techs I’m working with don’t even know what an IRQ is. They don’t need to, and unless Word starts requiring set IRQs it’s just mean to criticize them for not knowing.

If you’re new to tech and you’re curious about how things used to run, you should feel comfortable asking. If they start faulting you for not doing things the old ways because they had to suffer, just walk away.

You’re a tech in a great time. You should be spending your time learning and growing. Not grinding at menial procedures that should be automated away.