An engineering degree is also no longer a requisite to using technology, as seemingly anyone today can install a printer or upload a video. Similarly, another signifier of nerd status - knowing obscure facts about favorite subjects - has also lost its currency. (Noam Cohen)

An engineering degree is also no longer a requisite to using technology, as seemingly anyone today can install a printer or upload a video. Similarly, another signifier of nerd status - knowing obscure facts about favorite subjects - has also lost its currency.

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