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http://www.waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/why-generation-y-yuppies-are-unhappy.html
http://www.waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/why-generation-y-yuppies-are-unhappy.html
Which is still possible, but ya gotta "pay your dues". My son gave six years to the US Navy and now, first real job out of the military, landed a job w/ a beginning wage of over 63K/year, three weeks paid vacation to start along with paid week off between Xmas and NY, sweet benefits, guaranteed paid raises every year.Holly shit!! Here we go. Blame it on the boomers...so easy to do. We had a work ethic, gen Y doesn't. When someone starts a job today they want $100,000 starting salary, signing bonus, 10 weeks vacation oh and they want a management position without any experience. The boomers worked hard for what they got. Some were successful and some weren't but we all knew we had to go out and bust our ass to get ahead. My philosophy in live was simple: "I will get ahead by out working you and never make the same mistake twice." All generations have problems, don't blame yours on mine.
This is all very true, however, he made a very different set of choices as compared to many other kids his age--he joined the military and took the schooling to get into a highly technical field rather than going to college (tuition, etc). And it just so happened that he made an excellent choice of technical fields, many others don't. Consider how many of his former co-servicepeople are still in welding jobs now that they're in the civilian world.Which is still possible, but ya gotta "pay your dues". My son gave six years to the US Navy and now, first real job out of the military, landed a job w/ a beginning wage of over 63K/year, three weeks paid vacation to start along with paid week off between Xmas and NY, sweet benefits, guaranteed paid raises every year.
Hey Ty, how are ya. All is well....you know what I mean. Need to come and see you soon. I will be bearing gifts of green. lolI busted my ass, put myself through school, got a college education, volunteered for the military but they wouldn't take me, and now look at me! I grow POT for a living! Gen X and proud of it!
Every generation has it's challenges. Yours is no different...though through design and because your parents were such schmucks who handed you >everything< on a platter without any effort on your part and bought you the latest gaming consoles every 6 months when they came out so you could get by doing nothing but playing video games all day, you believe it is...just as the article points out (delusional/special/all about me) Not.
History is cumulative, it doesn't just begin all of a sudden when a particular generation comes of age.
Nor does >one< generation somehow flush it all down the toilet.....
Yup...it's cumulative. Beyond that....we are all users of the system..so trying to say only those older than you are to blame for every ill is crap. The Boomers THOUGHT they could be different than their parents...and in some ways they are...but on the whole we got sucked into the machine that was in place...that we didn't like/agree with fully....just like you don't like the machine you are getting sucked into now. (whether you like it/want to or not)
same shit...different decade.
The Boomers and Gen X'ers didn't do that, our leaders ran the country in the ground.
Didn't we just recall two lawmakers for not fulfilling their promises in order to get elected? It's about time and I hope it continues. Again you are blaming me and my generation, you don't even know who I voted for. This is NOT the direction I want (wanted) the country to go. Couldn't change it...you are so smart why don't you. I about 20 years or so you will look back and fell the same frustration that I do.Who elected them? Who failed to inform themselves about their leaders? Policy? Economics?
It wasn't the 20 year olds, and only recently has Gen Y been anything even remotely approaching relevant in terms of elections.
I see your point, but you can't blame the figurehead and fail to point out the disease.