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One of the comments was probably better than the actual article: http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/01/14/dude-where%E2%80%99s-my-job/#comment-81567 http://blog.macl

by andyn 18y ago

One of the comments was probably better than the actual article: http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/01/14/dude-where%E2%80%99s-my-job/#comment-81567 http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/01/14/dude-where%E2%80%99s-my-j...

rgrieselhuber 18y ago
Agreed. There must be something about the gravitational center of my eyeballs that causes them to roll upwards toward the ceiling whenever someone refers to this generation as 'entitled.'
- Prrometheus 18y ago
  Repeating something that has been said so many times that it has become popular wisdom is an easy way to fill word count.
  - iamdave 18y ago
    My eyeballs involuntarily roll up just the same, but I think it's only because it's an erroneous generalization. Generation Y is starting to split in half, but I don't think anyone's really taking notice.
    - LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
      What split are you seeing? I'm very curious.
      - iamdave 18y ago
        I've been noticing it for a while, but it became ever more evident to me when I read this (http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html) Namely, Gen Y is beginning to segment into those who'd rather keep up with the jonses and be immersed in culture (typically younger members of Gen Y), those who'd rather be more involved in social matters (the median), and those who are more focused on establishing their lives for the future as THE primary goal. And the amazing thing is, it's incredibly migratory. The younger groups who follow MTV culture either phase out of it, and move into the second category, or cling to the pop lifestyle and migrate over into one of the other two, using pop as a blanket for wherever they go. It makes little sense right now, I plan to research it rather fully this summer.
        LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
        That is an interesting article. Supposedly I'm at the leading edge of the millenials, having been born in late 1982. But not a single person I know resembles these characters portrayed as hipsters. On the other hand, I know quite a few civic-minded and tech-savvy peers who do give a damn.
- cabalamat 18y ago
  I get the same feeling whenever someone tries to generalise a whole group of people, merely because they were born within a few years of each other.
apstuff 18y ago
I'm a 'late boomer' and teach high school CS to the so-called 'entitled.' I can say from personal experience that while there is indeed a percentage who follow that modus operandi, the truth is that the current crop of high schoolers work a lot harder at their studies than I ever did, have more pressure to perform well on standardized tests than ever before, face a future marbled with inordinate debt obligations from their undergraduate and graduate degrees, and see a marketplace unsure about where, or if, their skills matter. This article sucks and the author should be ashamed of herself for not doing better research into this generation before writing them off as a bunch of incompetent brats. They are far from it. This generation represents our future lady. Disparagement might keep you employed by selling magazines and newspapers to a dwindling audience but encouragement rebuilds nations and economies and provides hope to the billions yet to come. These are great kids. We should celebrate them. They play by rules 'we' have set for them and as I have said, they work incredibly hard against all odds. It is my belief they will ultimately drive a worldwide entrepreneurial explosion unseen before. Not out of greed, as this article incorrectly infers about their parents, but out of pure necessity. In that regard, they are very much like their grandparents just after WWII and we all know what that generation accomplished for us.

by andyn 18y ago

rgrieselhuber 18y ago

Agreed. There must be something about the gravitational center of my eyeballs that causes them to roll upwards toward the ceiling whenever someone refers to this generation as 'entitled.'

Prrometheus 18y ago
Repeating something that has been said so many times that it has become popular wisdom is an easy way to fill word count.
- iamdave 18y ago
  My eyeballs involuntarily roll up just the same, but I think it's only because it's an erroneous generalization. Generation Y is starting to split in half, but I don't think anyone's really taking notice.
  - LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
    What split are you seeing? I'm very curious.
    - iamdave 18y ago
      I've been noticing it for a while, but it became ever more evident to me when I read this (http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html) Namely, Gen Y is beginning to segment into those who'd rather keep up with the jonses and be immersed in culture (typically younger members of Gen Y), those who'd rather be more involved in social matters (the median), and those who are more focused on establishing their lives for the future as THE primary goal. And the amazing thing is, it's incredibly migratory. The younger groups who follow MTV culture either phase out of it, and move into the second category, or cling to the pop lifestyle and migrate over into one of the other two, using pop as a blanket for wherever they go. It makes little sense right now, I plan to research it rather fully this summer.
      - LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
        That is an interesting article. Supposedly I'm at the leading edge of the millenials, having been born in late 1982. But not a single person I know resembles these characters portrayed as hipsters. On the other hand, I know quite a few civic-minded and tech-savvy peers who do give a damn.
cabalamat 18y ago
I get the same feeling whenever someone tries to generalise a whole group of people, merely because they were born within a few years of each other.

apstuff 18y ago

I'm a 'late boomer' and teach high school CS to the so-called 'entitled.' I can say from personal experience that while there is indeed a percentage who follow that modus operandi, the truth is that the current crop of high schoolers work a lot harder at their studies than I ever did, have more pressure to perform well on standardized tests than ever before, face a future marbled with inordinate debt obligations from their undergraduate and graduate degrees, and see a marketplace unsure about where, or if, their skills matter. This article sucks and the author should be ashamed of herself for not doing better research into this generation before writing them off as a bunch of incompetent brats. They are far from it. This generation represents our future lady. Disparagement might keep you employed by selling magazines and newspapers to a dwindling audience but encouragement rebuilds nations and economies and provides hope to the billions yet to come. These are great kids. We should celebrate them. They play by rules 'we' have set for them and as I have said, they work incredibly hard against all odds. It is my belief they will ultimately drive a worldwide entrepreneurial explosion unseen before. Not out of greed, as this article incorrectly infers about their parents, but out of pure necessity. In that regard, they are very much like their grandparents just after WWII and we all know what that generation accomplished for us.