RE: The META Problem

An interesting blog. I think it would be helpful in finding good candidates for a job if applicants were told problem solving skills were important. This includes being flexible in the use of office software.

Years ago (1982!) I was a thirty-five-year-old mom raising two children, one of them an avid fan of computers. I decided I wouldn't be a dinosaur so I took an independent study course (credit-bearing) in computer programming at a local college. I was pretty bad at it :)) However, I earned a B because the teacher said my solutions to programming problems were unconventional😄, but they worked. That one course became the basis of my computer skills, which are very limited, in the years that followed.

The whole point of the course for me was not only computer literacy, but being able to problem solve.