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Millenials are not very young anymore :)

amyjess 10y ago
Millennials were born 1982-2004. The youngest Millennials are still in junior high. Generations are always ~20 years or so. Gen X was 1961-1981, Boomers were 1943-1960, Silents were 1925-1942, GIs were 1901-1924, etc.
- jarboot 10y ago
  > Millennials were born 1982-2004 What source are you getting this from? Looking at wikipedia, a lot of them put the beginning of Gen Z at ~1995-98. As someone fitting into this bracket (I don't remember 9/11), I'd say it's accurate to loosely define the cutoff for Millennials as somebody who remembered 9/11, was in the labor force during the great recession, or was socially active during Web 1.0. Gen Z doesn't remember life without the internet, grew up on Facebook/Instagram (vs. primarily chatrooms, forums, etc.), and didn't have as much experience with desktop computers for leisure in leu of phones. This is just my observation as someone who has seen and is currently engaging with a spectrum of youth in the school system. Thoughts?
  - amyjess 10y ago
    It comes from Strauss-Howe Generational Theory. Strauss and Howe coined the term "Millennial", so I'll take them at their word for the size of the cohort. Here's a table from Neil Howe's website: http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/timelines/generations.html http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/timelines/generations... And a Wikipedia article with an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generatio... Source for Strauss and Howe coining "Millennial": http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/advertising/story/2012-05-03/naming-the-next-generation/54737518/1 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/advertising/story/2012-... > "No one knows who will name the next generation," says Neil Howe, who, along with his deceased co-author and business partner, William Strauss, is widely credited with naming the Millennials, a generation he figures spans from about 1982 to 2004.

Millennials were born 1982-2004. The youngest Millennials are still in junior high. Generations are always ~20 years or so. Gen X was 1961-1981, Boomers were 1943-1960, Silents were 1925-1942, GIs were 1901-1924, etc.

jarboot 10y ago
> Millennials were born 1982-2004 What source are you getting this from? Looking at wikipedia, a lot of them put the beginning of Gen Z at ~1995-98. As someone fitting into this bracket (I don't remember 9/11), I'd say it's accurate to loosely define the cutoff for Millennials as somebody who remembered 9/11, was in the labor force during the great recession, or was socially active during Web 1.0. Gen Z doesn't remember life without the internet, grew up on Facebook/Instagram (vs. primarily chatrooms, forums, etc.), and didn't have as much experience with desktop computers for leisure in leu of phones. This is just my observation as someone who has seen and is currently engaging with a spectrum of youth in the school system. Thoughts?
- amyjess 10y ago
  It comes from Strauss-Howe Generational Theory. Strauss and Howe coined the term "Millennial", so I'll take them at their word for the size of the cohort. Here's a table from Neil Howe's website: http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/timelines/generations.html http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/timelines/generations... And a Wikipedia article with an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generatio... Source for Strauss and Howe coining "Millennial": http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/advertising/story/2012-05-03/naming-the-next-generation/54737518/1 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/advertising/story/2012-... > "No one knows who will name the next generation," says Neil Howe, who, along with his deceased co-author and business partner, William Strauss, is widely credited with naming the Millennials, a generation he figures spans from about 1982 to 2004.