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> They grew up using the digital products and services built by GenX This didn't sound right to me so I had to think it through. If you google "Is Steve Jobs
by hmcq6 3y ago
> They grew up using the digital products and services built by GenX
This didn't sound right to me so I had to think it through.
If you google "Is Steve Jobs Gen X" google says yes, but if you look up his date of birth you'll find he's a boomer.
Gates - Boomer.
Torvalds - Gen X.
Shawn Fanning - Gen X.
Chris Sawyer - cusp but Gen X.
Barry Appelman - creator of the AIM buddy list - Boomer.
Kenneth A. Williams - Sierra - Boomer.
Michael Morhaime - Blizzard - Gen X.
I could keep going but... I concede, you're right. Way more Gen X in that list than I expected.
- mingus88 3y agoI am also thinking about social media as being the defining digital experience for Millenials and GenZ, an innovation of GenX. Jack Dorsey/Twitter - GenX Tom Anderson/Myspace - GenX Jeremy Stoppleman/Yelp - GenX Sergey Brin+Larry Page - Genx There's some elder millenial crossover with Zuckerberg and the founder of Reddit but if you consider them Xennials then it still works for me.