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Posted: August 15, 2010 at 12:35 pm IT Departments: Bridging the IT Generation Gap0 Comments | Posted by admin in Information Technology, Information Technology Field, Information Technology Organizations, Information Technology Staffing, IT, IT Careers, IT Department, IT Employees, IT Field, IT Hiring, IT Industry, IT Professionals, IT Staff, IT talent, IT Workers, Technology Older generations learned tech. The younger generation lives it. Organizations that want to succeed need the skills of both.InfoWorld — IT pros who grew up in the Baby Boom are dinosaurs who just don’t get it. Generation Y is full of Facebook-happy slackers with an exaggerated sense of entitlement. But beyond these broad generalizations lie some real differences between the generations of geeks who do tech for a living, from Boomers to Generations X, Y, and the Millennials. “Today’s generation was born into a world where technology is about interaction, whether it’s playing video games or using social media,” says Larry Johnson, age 62, co-author with daughter Meagan (age 40) of “Generations, Inc.: From Boomers to Linksters — Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work” (Amacom, 2010). “They spent hours at it, the way I spent hours watching ‘Rin Tin Tin.’ So their brains are structured to interact with technology in an entirely different way.” [ Looking to get the most out of your IT investments, see InfoWorld's "20 more IT mistakes to avoid" and "16 ways IT can do less with less" | Find out which of InfoWorld's IT personality types best fits your tech temperament. ]
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