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Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by mehta_rohan »

st1x7 wrote: post #7

Is it unclear to anyone else what the original post is asking? I have no idea what high end mobile apps are being referred to, what's being "organised", what this has to do with working opportunity.

High end mobile apps means Apps used for doing business, selling service and commodities.

Organised means bringing together all those who are educated and fortunate enough to use mobile devices and buy sell daily commodities and services.

Those who are not able to use above stuff are not able to get the work and suffer. The missed out ones.

Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by mehta_rohan »

TimSchumann wrote: post #4

It may be I’m ignorant, or not interpreting your intentions properly, but how does this argument not devolve into ‘But inequality is bad, and everything should be fair!?!?’ ? You’re casually asking for an answer to a very complex problem and, to me at least, it betrays a lack of understanding of what you’re actually asking and the implications thereof. Then again, maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about.

If a very skilled worker who is best at what he is doing but not so tech-savvy that he can not register himself with online businesses,missed out from today's mainstream business channels. I am talking about that inequality.

Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by cblconfederate »

mehta_rohan wrote: post #12
cblconfederate wrote: post #3

What app you have in mind? Most people use android phones and windows laptops. Designey apps appeal provide marginal productivity gains and are mostly sold as luxury items.

no specific app or technology.

well then how is there a divide?

Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by austincheney »

I think this is an incorrect view of the problem. It isn't so much the perceived access to technology but rather theoretical familiarity of required concepts. For example a librarian or literary scholar would have a much greater understanding of computer science concepts, even without access to technology, than many children who tap a touch screen all day.

Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by st1x7 »

mehta_rohan wrote: post #11
st1x7 wrote: post #7

Is it unclear to anyone else what the original post is asking? I have no idea what high end mobile apps are being referred to, what's being "organised", what this has to do with working opportunity.

High end mobile apps means Apps used for doing business, selling service and commodities. Organised means bringing together all those who are educated and fortunate enough to use mobile devices and buy sell daily commodities and services. Those who are not able to use above stuff are not able to get the work and suffer. The missed out ones.

Can you give some examples instead of repeating yourself?

Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by mehta_rohan »

st1x7 wrote: post #16
mehta_rohan wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

High end mobile apps means Apps used for doing business, selling service and commodities. Organised means bringing together all those who are educated and fortunate enough to use mobile devices and buy sell daily commodities and services. Those who are not able to use above stuff are not able to get the work and suffer. The missed out ones.

Can you give some examples instead of repeating yourself?

If a very skilled worker who is best at what he is doing but not so tech-savvy that he can not register himself with online businesses,missed out from today's mainstream business channels. I am talking about that inequality.

Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by st1x7 »

mehta_rohan wrote: post #17
st1x7 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you give some examples instead of repeating yourself?

If a very skilled worker who is best at what he is doing but not so tech-savvy that he can not register himself with online businesses,missed out from today's mainstream business channels. I am talking about that inequality.

Can you list a few specific apps instead of repeating yourself for the third time?

Re: Ask HN: Is technology creating a great divide in working opportunity

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Post by LUmBULtERA »

mehta_rohan wrote: post #11
st1x7 wrote: post #7

Is it unclear to anyone else what the original post is asking? I have no idea what high end mobile apps are being referred to, what's being "organised", what this has to do with working opportunity.

High end mobile apps means Apps used for doing business, selling service and commodities. Organised means bringing together all those who are educated and fortunate enough to use mobile devices and buy sell daily commodities and services. Those who are not able to use above stuff are not able to get the work and suffer. The missed out ones.

Most everyone I know, myself included, who are professionals working from home are doing little to no work in "high end mobile apps". We are working on either desktops or laptops in applications like Microsoft Office and websites. If one doesn't know how to use technology in general, they will miss out, but no one in my industry is missing out if they are not using "high end mobile apps".
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