We have years of work and real life experience to bring to any job.
In which case, rock on.
But if youdocare about looking old fogey-ish, what follows is for you.
Here are some classic tells to avoid that can make us seem like the oldest bruh on the block.
Having an AOL email address
AOL is the OG.
It wasthegateway to the web back in the late 90s.
Which is why we must all get rid of this ancient address.
Same goes for Hotmail, Netscape, and Earthlink.
To paraphrase TikTok: If you aint on Gmail, then where the fuck you at?
We now use proportionally spaced fonts, and by now we mean since the last millennium.
Calling it a PowerPoint presentation
Yes, yes.
PowerPoint is presentation software.
Those slides have been compiled for presentation purposes.
But nowadays, its called a deck.
Using email instead of Slack (or Teams)
There are times email makes sense.
Nobody needs an email for that.
While you may not use social media, to downplay its power sounds out of touch.
Notice we didnt include Facebook in that list?
But we shant mention this to anyone.
This must remain our dirty little secret.
And someone asks:Do you have Paypal?
Whats your Zelle?Dont be that guy.
People dont want to check multiple apps and accounts to ensure they got reimbursed.
Still,Venmois most commonly used, for now).
Making outdated cultural references
Have you ever said youre more of a Carrie than a Miranda?
Let slip how invested you were in Pam and Jims relationship?
Avoid dropping cultural references from 15+ years ago, when your co-workers may have been fifth graders.
Seinfeld may have a resurgence in cultural relevance now that its on Netflix, but maybe not.
It hurts us too.)
(Its better than LOL, which everyones out here stillusing even though its been around since 1989.)
But adding an emoji toeverySlack message, ormorethan one makes us look…not spritely.
Were all adults here.
We dont need to put the skull after everything we hope will be received as funny.
(Talking to myself here.)
