Some kid in my class just legit asked the teacher what a router and a modem is.
The thing is: the teacher didnt even know.

And this are the people that come out of school. No wonder internet scammers and blackhats have it so easy.

I'd have asked what a firewall / DOS attack / rootkit / any other "I heard it in a pseudo-hacker movie"-term is. You know, go in for the kill. Twice.

Was this a CS/technology oriented class?

@RememberMe luckily not, it was economics

Not everyone is as hyper-intelligent as you. Next time, instead of writing such a boastful shit, help them and explain it.

@DavRant But then, how do you expect the teacher to know what a router and a modem is?
Most non-tech people (like my parents) are afraid to click buttons or icons. In Windows. Knowing what a particular device does is waaay beyond that.

I really would not expect an economics person to say stuff like "a router is a network layer device that blah blah". No more than I would expect a dev to, off the top of their head, be able to enumerate the differences between the systems of Adam Smith and Karl Marx.

@RememberMe That's fair enough, but the thing is, last lesson he was rambling on for about 45 minutes about dial-up and stuff. I forgot to mention that in the context. I just thought it was kinda funny

@DavRant Ah, I see.
I don't know if this is related but my Dad (who has a degree in Eco) deals with tech stuff all the time in his work. He doesn't need to know what the devices are or how they work. (A part of) his job is to assess their impact based on studies done by tech experts. The higher level stuff. He manages just fine with only a layman's knowledge.

Next time, help the dude out and explain :)
It's always nice to share knowledge.

@RememberMe Ah that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

I didn't intervene because he looked like he wanted to continue the lesson, otherwise i would have helped

@Skayo thank you

<@DavRant>
If that's the reason you didn't help, okay.

I'm just annoyed by all these devs, complaining about other people, who may not know that much about such technical stuff.

@Skayo The problem is that they use all the technical stuff - and I challenge you to find an area where the knowledge gap is as high as technology!

Most car drivers know they need gas and regular maintenance, but those qualified to perform it are a minority - hell, depending on where you live, those qualified to change a tire could be a minority. Building a car out of nothing? Well, there might be a couple thousand of those in all the world.

The same is true in tech, but on a more serious level: Most people here can't even use their computers properly.

Even knowing the absolute basics of a simple language, say, Ruby or JS, puts you into the upper one percent. For devs, that, however, is still beginner level!

Do we have a right to be arrogant? Noone has. I don't want my doctor to be arrogant because he can perform an open-heart surgery.

But in our field, it's easy to get lost. "Basics" to us is way over the head of others.

<@ilPinguino>
I definitely agree. Learning the first programming language is hard for others, but for us, who already know multiple languages, it seems so easy.