agree 100%

have also noticed an uptick in "new is always better, those old ways are so dumb and they were so stupid" mindset.

not sure if this is directly part of the reason, but the upshot is you don't need to learn the fundamentals. you're protected from learning how things actually work, because there's always a bloaty house of cards chain of libraries to keep you separated from reality.

and of course its always easier to write off all of the fundamentals as 'pointless old garbage', than actually challenge yourself with any of it.

then you can enjoy a false sense of superiority, not because you overcame anything, but by never even trying.

"undefeated", not because you ever won, but because you never fought.

and its not the "kids these day's" fault. training institutions are corrupted by greedy suits, its all about the $$$s and pumping unprepared grads out at a blinding rate is more profitable (short term).