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I'm surprised someone who is 35 (the author of the article) considers themselves part of Generation Me, and not Gen-X.
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Yeah, that surprised me as well. I've seen Gen Y defined as people born after 1980. I was born in 1979, so I feel like I'm between generations and don't closely identify with either Gen X or Gen Y. I have the cynicism commonly associated with Gen X, but I also grew up with computers and have the technical aptitude that Gen Y is most known for.
Within Gen Y, I think there are two distinct cohorts: those who were kids in the 80s and teens in the 90s/early-00s (e.g. those currently aged 25-30) , and those who were kids in the 90s and teens in the late-00s (those currently younger than 25). The latter group experienced the helicopter parent phenomenon much more than the former, and I feel like I have little in common with them.