As a Genxer, too many people are under belief that learning stops at a certain age. If you don’t keep up with trends, tech, design, social, etc. you’re not going to advance. And you have to take that initiative on your own.
If you settle you’re dead meat.
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>The cost of living has skyrocketed,
Spare me this pitty article for one of the most nimby generations
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Just learn to code
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Some of my older cousins are late Xers, early millennials (people who hit 30 around 2010 +- a few years). Their attitude to work is….interesting.
I felt my generation (late millennial, early z) understood that the work was never going to end unless you a) figured out how to exit the rat race early (hence hustle culture) or b) have been 401K maxxing since you were 20.
My late gen x, early millennial cousins by contrast were hoping to get a white collar job and ride a desk. They thought they *ought* to be promoted by virtue of being there long enough.
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Gosh, as a Gen Z’er, i DO feel bad for my Gen X parents and aunts/uncles. But based on what they say, it really feels like they…just gave up before they even started. I grew up with a northern rustbelt parent who only had a ged and has struggled in the job market since the 2000s. My parent always told me growing up that voting didn’t matter because both parties are the same and that everything is rigged
They often pointed to the Regan/Mondale election being when they clocked out of poltics and decided that everything sucks.
It’s also very noticeable to me that in the election, my greatest generation grandparent and I were heavily targeted by the Harris campaign while my Gen X parent was targed by the Trump campaign with texts/phone calls/mail that focused on immagrents stealing their jobs, colleges brainwashing their children, and liberals being the reason why they don’t have the life that their parents do.
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This article is specifically about people in creative/marketing/media/advertising roles in case you only read the headline like everyone else.
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As a Genxer, too many people are under belief that learning stops at a certain age. If you don’t keep up with trends, tech, design, social, etc. you’re not going to advance. And you have to take that initiative on your own.
If you settle you’re dead meat.
>The cost of living has skyrocketed,
Spare me this pitty article for one of the most nimby generations
Just learn to code
Some of my older cousins are late Xers, early millennials (people who hit 30 around 2010 +- a few years). Their attitude to work is….interesting.
I felt my generation (late millennial, early z) understood that the work was never going to end unless you a) figured out how to exit the rat race early (hence hustle culture) or b) have been 401K maxxing since you were 20.
My late gen x, early millennial cousins by contrast were hoping to get a white collar job and ride a desk. They thought they *ought* to be promoted by virtue of being there long enough.
Gosh, as a Gen Z’er, i DO feel bad for my Gen X parents and aunts/uncles. But based on what they say, it really feels like they…just gave up before they even started. I grew up with a northern rustbelt parent who only had a ged and has struggled in the job market since the 2000s. My parent always told me growing up that voting didn’t matter because both parties are the same and that everything is rigged
They often pointed to the Regan/Mondale election being when they clocked out of poltics and decided that everything sucks.
It’s also very noticeable to me that in the election, my greatest generation grandparent and I were heavily targeted by the Harris campaign while my Gen X parent was targed by the Trump campaign with texts/phone calls/mail that focused on immagrents stealing their jobs, colleges brainwashing their children, and liberals being the reason why they don’t have the life that their parents do.
This article is specifically about people in creative/marketing/media/advertising roles in case you only read the headline like everyone else.