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Remember that time you were talking to the Generation X-aged employee in your department and referred to punch cards and he or she responded with a blank stare?
"We recorded digital information on them through punch-outs," you explained to the clueless face before you, "and then developed programs to read the data and ... Oh, forget it."
Well, imagine trying to explain to the new 23-year-old hire what that 5.25-inch slot in an old computer is for, because there's going to be a lot of that in the next few years as the Generation Y work force hits your IT department, bringing along their unique combination of gifts and aggravations.
Generation Y, …