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"There's a school in Wisconsin that is so underfunded that they only have very old computers and the person running it barely knows hat's a computer and thus won't ever create a budget or approve new systems. Furthermore this school is so irrelevant they aren't even able to qualify for free software from Microsoft. A bored teacher saved the day and made the old computers somewhat useful by installing Linux on his spare time. Of course all of this doesn't come for free, the current generation of students never used a computer at home, just mobile devices, and are being robbed of learning a valuable and required skill for any future job - basic Windows and Office usage."
There, article fixed for you.
Not everybody is a data-entry drone. I have no use for it, and I have a technical career.
Your manager, that most likely started his career as a tech person as most tech manager do, likely uses Office a lot and he certainly isn't a data-entry drone. One day as you progress in your career you'll too.
PS: whoever doesn't understand this comment and downvote right away should really think about their life. If one doesn't understand that a manager does need to be proficient in MS Office then you'll never get there / have a very hard time.
You are already drowning in downvotes. Certainly managers are going to have to use office software. I do not think that using Microsoft Offce in school makes it any more likely that you will become a manager.
Most managers are really not that great at using Ofice and, what they know, they learned on the job. Learning to use PowerPoint is more about leaning how to present and communicate in general. A course on the software is not going to teach that and knowing how to use LibreOffice Impress gives you more than enough expertise. In terms of presentation, the marketing department typically dictates the look and feel. You just need to populate a template. None of the executives I know use anything advanced out of Microsoft Word. If you can “track changes”, you can collaborate on documents. Really the only application that managers are likely to have any specialist knowledge around is Excel. I will admit that knowing Excel specifically vs other spreadsheet applications is useful. Being able to do a VLOOKUP, a pivot table, or even just proper multi-sheet formulas is useful. Even just being able to format effectively can make a difference in how professionally you come across. Honestly though, the Internet is littered with $19 Excel courses. Take one.
So what? I'm not a politician running a politically correct popularity contest and saying what people want to hear to win votes. I'm just stating what is omitted from the article and what is a fact as you eventually got there:
Yes, and will a gen-Z take them? Isn't just easier to gradually expose them to those tools so they learn naturally without the pressure of getting to some job?