Comments on: Twentysomething: How my generation works

By: Prof KRG

Prof KRG — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:20:38 +0000

This is excellent writing. I appreciate you sharing your perspective. I hope you are wrong about the gloom and doom your generation sees in the marketplace. I, for one, still believe that there are good jobs for good people. I am a Gen. Xer and have an excellent career. I’ve never had trouble finding or keeping a job. I make a good income. I hope the same for your generation and beyond.

By: Elysha Krupp

Elysha Krupp — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:33:30 +0000

I agree with most of the content here, about the difficulty of our generation to find – and keep – entry level positions in the current corporate climate. And especially if we don’t want to go the corporate route, the lack of financial resources (a.k.a. hiring ability) for NGOs and newspapers in the modern economy is frightening.
The one thing that I think should be mentioned, however, when you talk about the fact that “We communicate constantly. We love to collaborate. We are data junkies…” but “None of this is particularly valued in the current corporate environment,” is that social media online dialogue IS being valued, now more than ever, in the current corporate environment. In fact, if there ever are any jobs, that’s where they are, if that’s what you’re interested in. That is the one positive feature of our jobless generation – at least for now, we can usually find a job in social media.

By: So Sad

So Sad — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:35:43 +0000

This article is garbage. I’m 36 yrs old and own a company with 15 employees with an average age of 27. It’s so sad to see the “next” generation as one that (proudly) wears its “disillusionment” and angst as some sort of pride. The Gen Y work ethic and self-entitled attitude is an insult to everything that made this country great. Here’s a newsflash: EVERY generation had it tough, not just yours. But yours is the first generation that received a trophy even when you lost. That ain’t the real world. Now why don’t you go put on some emo music and write a hiaku about how UNFAIR life is, and the rest of us will just work harder and reap the rewards.

By: Non US citizen

Non US citizen — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:50:33 +0000

That’s what you get living in a selfish consumer society.
And whenever someone in the US wants to make things more social, he or she is called not only a socialist, but also a communist and a fascist (which apparently are all the same for the people living in the US).

By: Don’t Make Excuses For Your Generation, Take Personal Accountability

Don’t Make Excuses For Your Generation, Take Personal Accountability — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:42:38 +0000

[...] from a personal perspective as someone part of the generation. Continuing this dialog, a recent article by Rebekah Monson caught my eye sharing her observations on Gen Y. It reacted to the recent long-winded NY Times [...]

By: deks

deks — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:01:16 +0000

This is just amazing! Great piece overall!

By: The reading list: Week 3 « Wannabe Hacks

The reading list: Week 3 « Wannabe Hacks — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:45:56 +0000

[...] week we are starting with a great post by Rebekah Monson. She wrote about how she sees our generation and it is a great post that highlights the challenges [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:40:33 +0000

more whining about one’s lot in life I see. 2000, 1990, 1980, 1970 were no different, today’s recent college grads expect high paying jobs immediately, and whine when it doesn’t happen overnight

By: HG

HG — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:03:02 +0000

_Excellent_ post. Very well written.

By: Rebekah Monson – Twentysomething: How my generation works | Yostivanich

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:08:45 +0000

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