Comments on: Why The Old Guy Is Right About Gen Y http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2013/01/10/why-the-old-guy-is-right-about-gen-y/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-old-guy-is-right-about-gen-y Personal development meets professional aspiration Wed, 06 Aug 2014 07:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 By: The Small Business Samaritan LLC http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2013/01/10/why-the-old-guy-is-right-about-gen-y/comment-page-1/#comment-31387 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:10:14 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=10920#comment-31387 Thank you! This was great!

]]> By: Ben Drake http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2013/01/10/why-the-old-guy-is-right-about-gen-y/comment-page-1/#comment-31386 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:16:07 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=10920#comment-31386 That’s exactly the point. I bet the Romans had some saying in latin that went, “Kids these days. What’s Rome coming to?” I doubt there are differences between the people in different generations… but there are definitely differences in the circumstances that we grow up in. Leave food on the plate in front of my Grandmother and you’re liable to get smacked. She grew up on a farm in the depression.

What I was trying to get at was it doesn’t matter if the stereotypes are truly accurate or not (perception is reality). What matters is trying to be the best you can be right now. Building the habit of working hard from the start gives us a better chance at success than gutting fish on top of our TPS reports.

]]> By: Jarrad Northover http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2013/01/10/why-the-old-guy-is-right-about-gen-y/comment-page-1/#comment-31385 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:16:52 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=10920#comment-31385 Cant say I concur with any of this, because I’ve never seen tangible (non-perceptive) differences in the generations. Take entitlement, I would argue the older generations suffer a bit of a complex here. “I’ve paid my taxes so I deserve a retirement pension” – if I had a nickel every time I heard that one. But that’s a perceptive argument in itself. Generally I always argue that the next generation will be more educated, ambitious and pedantic about everything than the previous generation. One thing that really grinds my gears is the “what’s your career plan question? like a career is somehow linear and very defined with set parameters. Careers are like a washing machine in modern times, you just have to recognise the opportunities to pivot and capture more skills, contacts and experiences and see where it all goes. Keep your eyes open and think critically about opportunities and try to eliminate emotion from decision making as emotion leads to irrational decisions.

]]> By: Kristi Anderson-Westcott http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2013/01/10/why-the-old-guy-is-right-about-gen-y/comment-page-1/#comment-31384 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:32:40 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=10920#comment-31384 It starts with being great, now.

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