156 - Born Online: Growing Up With Wi-Fi, Social Media, and a Laptop for School

For those born in 2000 and beyond, the internet was never a discovery — it was the default setting of life. Wi-Fi wasn’t a luxury; it was infrastructure. Childhood meant watching tutorials on YouTube instead of waiting for classroom instruction, building friendships and communities on Discord, consuming trends and ideas through TikTok, and collaborating on schoolwork through Google Docs. Learning became instant, visual, and on-demand. Questions were answered by search bars before teachers. Curiosity was fed by algorithms. And just as Gen Z began entering the workforce, tools like ChatGPT emerged, accelerating how they research, write, code, and think. In this episode, we explore how growing up constantly connected shapes attention spans, ambition, problem-solving styles, career expectations, and leadership potential. Are Gen Z professionals more adaptive and resourceful — or more dependent on digital scaffolding? And what does this mean for the future of IT teams, innovation, and mentorship?

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