Kazi kwa vijana pesa kwa wazee!! On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Jon Gos <jongos@gmail.com> wrote:
I second that, I used to work at this startup in the states where I was the youngest person by five or six years after those handful of (relatively young) people, the age gap was about 15 or 20 years (the geezers). It was a nightmare developing web apps for a bunch of people who couldn't define the words 'web' or 'app'.
At least with the younger generation (often called digital natives) they get the basic concepts even if they don't understand the mechanics.
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On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:08 PM, saidimu apale<saidimu@gmail.com> wrote:
.... my generation would like to break up with you. Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you and we understand the world — and what we want from it. I think we have irreconcilable differences.
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/07/today_in_capitalism_20_1.html
This brilliant article reminds of an earlier Business Daily piece: "Is Exodus of young executives driven by generation clash in boardroom?" at
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/617890/-/u9k4...
Saidi
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