It's fine to be proud of non-technical skills, but to use that pride to attempt to lessen the value of tech skills seems a bit over the top to me.
I know how to bake bread.
I'm a computer programmer by trade.
I can safely run a chainsaw.
I can program our DVR and Dish reciever.
I'm a crack shot with a rifle.
I can pull the codes off an OBD2 compliant vehicle with my laptop.
I can track animals.
I can correctly use a GPS to navigate.
I can lash logs into a shelter.
I can repair a remote control toy.
Limiting yourself on either side of the Tech/Non-tech spectrum is self-defeating.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
As Nobody mentions, both can be benificial. Though I have several chainsaws, I also have several hand saws, and the files to sharpen both. I have used GPS, but prefer navigation by map and compass. If the power were out for an extended time, we have oil lamps, candles and white gas lanterns for light. Wood stove for heat, and the flat top of the stove for another cooking surface. Also have backpacking gear such as stoves, sleeping bags, tents, etc. I handload for twenty-three different calibers if factory ammo runs short. Some rifles have iron sights, some scopes and one an Eotech (incredible for quick target acquisition). There are benefits to both high tech modern and older lower technologies.
Nobody that matters wrote: It's fine to be proud of non-technical skills, but to use that pride to attempt to lessen the value of tech skills seems a bit over the top to me.
I know how to bake bread.
I'm a computer programmer by trade.
I can safely run a chainsaw.
I can program our DVR and Dish reciever.
I'm a crack shot with a rifle.
I can pull the codes off an OBD2 compliant vehicle with my laptop.
I can track animals.
I can correctly use a GPS to navigate.
I can lash logs into a shelter.
I can repair a remote control toy.
Limiting yourself on either side of the Tech/Non-tech spectrum is self-defeating.
That has little to do with it from my perspective. The idea is value when push comes to shove and our technical world comes crashing down around our ears. Hypothetical and perhaps unrealistic, but that is the point. Oh, I could list a whole slew of technical skills I have, but as I said it's not the point.
Nobody that matters wrote: It's fine to be proud of non-technical skills, but to use that pride to attempt to lessen the value of tech skills seems a bit over the top to me.
I know how to bake bread.
I'm a computer programmer by trade.
I can safely run a chainsaw.
I can program our DVR and Dish reciever.
I'm a crack shot with a rifle.
I can pull the codes off an OBD2 compliant vehicle with my laptop.
I can track animals.
I can correctly use a GPS to navigate.
I can lash logs into a shelter.
I can repair a remote control toy.
Limiting yourself on either side of the Tech/Non-tech spectrum is self-defeating.
That has little to do with it from my perspective. The idea is value when push comes to shove and our technical world comes crashing down around our ears. Hypothetical and perhaps unrealistic, but that is the point. Oh, I could list a whole slew of technical skills I have, but as I said it's not the point.
Call me RD when TSHTF you might be a valuable asset,,, or not.
