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I’m not talking about the age verification, I’m talking about hanging people who support it. Y’all need to get a sense of perspective.

Fuck age verification, but the fact that this comment gets even a single upvote seriously worries me.

I’ve done IT consulting work for a company that had switched to an open source software stack and were forced to go back to MS because they literally couldn’t fill necessary positions and it was threatening to kill the business.
And this was at a time where there was a surplus of applicants for every position. They just all noped out when they were told they’d have to learn to use different software.

I’ve worked for dozens of companies as MSP and now I’m leading the in-house IT of a company with 300 employees. The picture is the same everywhere: Most office workers have simply memorized the exact steps needed for their role. Take away the tools they’re used to and their productivity drops to zero, while IT support workload goes through the roof.

The issue is that a lot of processes need to be understood by people who have no IT background. Your basic office drones need to be able to use it, enter data, and make changes. Every applicant in an office job will be relatively proficient in Excel.
If you move your process to another solution, the majority of your employees will have to be re-trained.

You won’t find any applicants for a secretary, HR, or accounting position if it requires knowledge of Python.