And it's not complicated for you... you have long been an IT who loves to learn
this stuff. The fact that IT people think and expect everyone else to be like
them is the big geek disconnect that the rest of the world wonders about and
makes fun of.
I'm not in IT.
I'm an artist who has been using Macs and PCs since they were invented,
workstations and mainframes before that. There were no classes, no IT,
no certifications, no third party books, no Internet [only BBS], only
friends, coworkers, user groups, some tech support, mostly from other
users and pros.
I've mostly worked alone or in small studios with long-distance clients.
We had to help each other figure out how to do what we needed, including
drawing, painting, illustrating, photo retouching, camera, layout,
prepress, audio, video, networking. We learned it on our own and
provided tech support for each other.
When your work depends on knowing the software and hardware, you do
whatever you can to learn how to use it. Thank goodness for friends and
computer user groups. They've been most helpful. So has curiosity and
patience, especially patience.
Betty
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