It never really bothered me, to be honest. I agree that he had advanced software skills at least, because of the database he'd built from what looked like scratch. Also, he did say he'd been building it since he was 14, which does suggest a certain precociousness when it comes to tech.
Plus, Connor is someone who obviously loves to figure things out, and I can't see him being satisfied with just building the software side of his database. It's clear that his two friends in Season 1 - Tom and Duncan - have some engineering skills, because they managed to build both a reasonable facsimile of a pleiosaur and hide and use a tracking device on Connor (fitted into something that would appeal to him), which does suggest at least some technical competence. Given that they all seem to share some interests in common, I don't think it's a stretch to say that Connor has some skills in that department, even if he doesn't demonstrate them in the same way in Season 1.
It's also worth noting that it was Connor who was experimenting with the magnetic field, and noticing the magnetic field weakening very early in season 1, putting those things together to conclude that the anomaly was weakening as well, which suggests that he has some grasp of physics as well as biology, and the ability to apply what he knows in a potentially exciting, stressful situation.
So that was a long winded, not particularly coherent (long day ::g::) version of 'Don't mind, really. Can we just have more Connor generally?' ::g::
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Plus, Connor is someone who obviously loves to figure things out, and I can't see him being satisfied with just building the software side of his database. It's clear that his two friends in Season 1 - Tom and Duncan - have some engineering skills, because they managed to build both a reasonable facsimile of a pleiosaur and hide and use a tracking device on Connor (fitted into something that would appeal to him), which does suggest at least some technical competence. Given that they all seem to share some interests in common, I don't think it's a stretch to say that Connor has some skills in that department, even if he doesn't demonstrate them in the same way in Season 1.
It's also worth noting that it was Connor who was experimenting with the magnetic field, and noticing the magnetic field weakening very early in season 1, putting those things together to conclude that the anomaly was weakening as well, which suggests that he has some grasp of physics as well as biology, and the ability to apply what he knows in a potentially exciting, stressful situation.
So that was a long winded, not particularly coherent (long day ::g::) version of 'Don't mind, really. Can we just have more Connor generally?' ::g::