3 ms·
What the fuck are you talking about? Have you looked at the markets recently? What recession? I’m a millennial and i don’t feel like I was affected by the rece
by Helloworldboy 9y ago
What the fuck are you talking about? Have you looked at the markets recently? What recession?
I’m a millennial and i don’t feel like I was affected by the recession in the slightest. No millennial is locked into self employment, unemployment is at like 4.5%, the job market is doing fantastic. All this doom and gloom and “poor me” is fucking ridiculous.
- aalleavitch 9y ago94% of the net job growth in the last decade has been "alternative" work (temp jobs, contractors, self-employed). https://qz.com/851066/almost-all-the-10-million-jobs-created-since-2005-are-temporary/ https://qz.com/851066/almost-all-the-10-million-jobs-created... Wages are stagnant, so even with a booming stock market your average worker is seeing none of it: https://hbr.org/2017/10/why-wages-arent-growing-in-america https://hbr.org/2017/10/why-wages-arent-growing-in-america Just because you're doing well does not mean anyone else is doing well. You are a sample size of one.
- dang 9y agoFrom this, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15993012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15993012, and many other uncivil/unsubstantive comments, it seems clear that you don't want to use the site as intended, so I've banned this account. If you don't want to be banned on HN, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html