How has technology changed your job?

I remember my first computer like it was yesterday. A rubber-keyed wonder that felt like the future had crash-landed in my living room. Hours spent typing lines of code just to make a dot bounce across the screen. Simple times. 

Fast forward to now… and everything is faster, shinier, and infinitely more complicated.

Back then, if something went wrong at work, you fixed it with your hands, your head, or a bit of good old-fashioned teamwork. Now? There’s an app, a system, a login, a password you’ve forgotten, and a mandatory update right when you need it most.

Don’t get me wrong, technology has made life easier. Communication is instant. Tasks that once took hours now take minutes. I can sit in my shed, write a poem, take a photo, and share it with the world before the kettle’s even boiled. That’s not nothing.

But it’s also changed the pace. Everything is “now.” No breathing room. No chance to just get on with the job without something pinging, beeping, or demanding your attention.

I suppose the biggest change is this:
We used to control the tools.

Now it sometimes feels like the tools control us.

Still… I wouldn’t swap it entirely. That old Spectrum might have started the journey, but it’s the modern kit that lets me keep rambling on here, sharing my scribbles with whoever happens to be listening.

Swings and roundabouts, I guess.

Stay safe,
Bc