Wow ED that was......long. From what your saying to ones that aren't following your way of thinking is ignorance as well. There are two sides to every coin. read the original post it's quite blunt in what it's saying and I haven't seen the person who started this discussion back for quite some time.
Also you're assuming that everyone that say's dinosaur is relating to age and I don't think this is the case. If you are in house and getting factory training you are up to speed and therefore will have the handsets and info readily available to you because obviously your employer has made an investment not unlike a factory tech.
But if you are an independant and don't want or think you need training then you are dangerous and can create problems with a lack of education. I'm not calling out every independant but the ones I speak of are out there and weve all seen them or cleaned up after them.
You seem to come across as a been there done that father time type. You don't know how old I am or anyone else here so stating that young techs aren't as good as old is also ignorance because where I work we all work together regardless of age and we have a lot of solid VARIOUS aged techs.