pretty damn good read

[nature boy]

[nature boy]

[nature boy]

[geForce]

I'm not sure if it's in direct response to the article. The article doesn't really blame the GenY millenials for anything. It just explains why the GenY's are the way they are in relation to their ambitiousness and unhappiness in the workforce.

The video sounds like it's in reply to the older generation blaming the GenY's for being lazy, texting all the time, etc.

[joel]

[nature boy]

[nature boy]

[se7entse7en]

I think a few of us are Gen X... or at least according to wiki.

[joel]

[joel]

[Duncan]

lol.. i'm gen y... fml

[geForce]

Oh, I guess I'm Gen-x

[joel]

[joel]

the article doesn't really talk much about this, but I think one other potential issue is also the education system. at least in Canada in our regards. their is a lot of push from the education system to "follow your interests", especially once students hit post-secondary. students will take whatever interests them and the educational institutions support that mentality too, as it generates significant revenue for them. you have lots of students earning degrees in arts, or psychology or even teaching, but educational admissions for programs are not reflective of the realistic employment opportunity / needs. so people end up without work or are not in the line of employment that they desire once they finish school. meanwhile, there are shortages in other much needed professions.

joyce was even an advocate for this practical approach with her students at Carver, and for it she was scolded by parents saying "how can you tell my kid, they can't be this or that?"

some view employment as a means (providing some level of financial security/stability), and others might view it as a living (providing life fulfillment). i think reality it is often only one of these, and it's rare when you are able to have both.

[nature boy]

the cutoffs for the different generations vary about 10 years here and there.
gen x is said to end somewhere in the 70's, which gen y is said to start somewhere in the late 70's to early 80's. that's why i said i'm borderline (born in 76).