What tech skill do you think will be as basic as typing is today?

[Rhys74]

Typing used to be a specialized office skill and now it's just assumed everyone can do it reasonably well. Curious what skill people think follows that exact same path over the next couple decades. Doesn't need to be dramatic, just genuinely likely eventually

My guess leans toward some form of basic prompting or instructing AI tools effectively, similar to how search literacy quietly became a baseline expectation. Knowing how to ask for what you actually want turns out to be a real skill most people currently learn by trial and error. Feels like something schools eventually formalize teaching properly

What's your prediction for the next universally assumed tech skill. Curious how differently people are thinking about this

[Anchor41]

Basic data literacy, actually reading and interpreting charts and statistics correctly, feels like it's already becoming assumed baseline knowledge for a lot of jobs. Misreading a simple graph used to be a minor embarrassment. Soon it'll probably be treated the same way as a basic spelling mistake

[Louise74]

Knowing how to verify information quickly before sharing it feels like the skill that desperately needs to become universal given how much misinformation spreads currently. Not a technical skill exactly but definitely a tech adjacent one. Would genuinely improve a lot of online spaces if it caught on widely

[SpinState22]

Understanding basic privacy settings and what you're actually sharing online feels like it should already be universal but clearly still isn't for a lot of people. Genuinely hope that changes soon rather than staying a niche skill only enthusiasts bother learning properly. Would prevent a lot of avoidable headaches

[CosmosWizard]

Troubleshooting logic, actually knowing how to methodically diagnose a problem instead of panicking or immediately asking someone else, feels like a skill that keeps getting more valuable rather than less.

Every generation seems slightly better at this than the last one somehow. Probably becomes fully assumed within another decade or two

[Dragon95]

Effective prompting for AI tools honestly already feels halfway to being assumed knowledge in a lot of workplaces right now. People who are good at it get noticeably better results consistently. Wouldn't be surprised if it gets taught formally in schools within just a few years