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Annoying - I keep on seeing different standards for X and Y, and never know which one I belong to, because I was born at the end of 1981. I am XY I guess.
1990, so solidly Gen Y. I remember not having internet access, but I don't remember not having a computer at home. Some of my earliest memories involve playing DOS games. I think 9/11 is a pretty defining moment. I was in 6th grade that year, so I was old enough to understand what was going on but not old enough to really be interested in politics, so I became politically aware in a world with a war on terror and pat…
Wikipedia seems to refer to Gen Y and Gen M though for some reason?
1990, so solidly Gen Y. I remember not having internet access, but I don't remember not having a computer at home. Some of my earliest memories involve playing DOS games. I think 9/11 is a pretty defining moment. I was in 6th grade that year, so I was old enough to understand what was going on but not old enough to really be interested in politics, so I became politically aware in a world with a war on terror and pat…
I was the last in my class to get a computer at home, around grade 6, but I am the second most tech savvy person at my school.
I remember my first experiences with a computer. It was at my elementary school, on an old black and white Apple.
How times have changed.
Annoying - I keep on seeing different standards for X and Y, and never know which one I belong to, because I was born at the end of 1981. I am XY I guess.
I didn't have a computer until I was in the third or fourth grade.
Annoying - I keep on seeing different standards for X and Y, and never know which one I belong to, because I was born at the end of 1981. I am XY I guess.
Mid-1982 here, but I agree with you... I don't particularly identify with, say, someone born in 1990.
I also have friends that are retired old folks, so I guess I relate well across generations :)
Baby Boomer here. Not proud of it. Don't apologise for it either. Come to think about it, never really thought about it that much. I spend lots of time with people from age 4 to 92 and never think about which "generation" they're in. Frankly, I think it's a giant non-issue. I do know that we didn't have all this cool technology when I was in college, but I sure am glad we do now. Having suffered with earlier stuff ma…
Dear Sir: As the primary account-holder of the future which your generation has mortgaged, I would kindly request that you address all future payments to us, directly. Additionally, it has come to our attention that your account is more than 90 days past due, and we must inform you that if you do not begin making payments immediately, we will be forced to turn over your debt to collections. If you do not respond, you…
Lumping me in with bandits in the same age group makes as much sense as blaming you for the shitty code I have to clean up because you happen to be a programmer.
Witty comment based on no logic whatsoever. Fail.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dear Sir: As the primary account-holder of the future which your generation has mortgaged, I would kindly request that you address all future payments to us, directly. Additionally, it has come to our attention that your account is more than 90 days past due, and we must inform you that if you do not begin making payments immediately, we will be forced to turn over your debt to collections. If you do not respond, you…
Dear Sir: As always, Fuck You and thanks for the $700 Billion. We'll also be interested in changing more laws to make sure we don't retire and that you can't get promoted into the executive level jobs that you have waited for. We got them first, nyah nyah. Any attempt to disagree with the way we run things we be met with our votes, which will always outnumber yours. Oh yeah, make sure you pay our kids right. Even if…
I guess I'll stick to threads about boring stuff like data base structures, algorithms, scaling, or adoption rates.
It's getting a little too hot in this one.
And this differs from astrology because ... ?