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This is why at art school we weren't taught on computers. They said by the time we graduated, the programs they would have taught would be obsolete. If you know the concepts and the critical thinking skills you can quickly learn the program any potential employer will use.
I make enclosures on boats. I make patterns out of paper and cut and sew everything by hand. Many people want to get into the trade and buy $100k plotter/cutters and sit at the bottom of the learning curve pulling their hair out. They should all start with a $50 pair of shears and figure out the concepts and understand what they're building before worshiping at the alter of technology.
I design the technologies themselves and their integration, and I still try to get new people to work with the tech at around a 1980s-1990s level so they can understand whats happening under the hood on modern ones.
I disagree about not teaching the applications - there may be new versions, but the concepts carry through - but the crucial part is the foundational knowledge, I agree.
This was the late 90's and I think it's quite different now. Still analog to begin though.