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Originally Posted by SeeBass
As a gen Xer we have had to change how we were trained and educated to work in the 80's (paper, pen daytimers , iron first employer) from our boomer boss and then while we were still lower/middle level in a company had to change again to compete against the Gen Ys (computers, cells) . We even had to change how we deal with co workers (sexism, racism and such elevated drastically) in our time. I bet there is a crap load of us that took post secondary in the 80s only to find that what we took was obsolete 5 years later (again large part due to computers). So we have also had to adapt to that, mostly on our own time.
So now a lot of us are the boss and whatever way we learned over 20 years ago is obsolete and we have had to adapt to the Gen Y demands of group work, positive reinforcement, better tech savy, less boss dominance and more discussions.. Just to keep them happy and productive.
We have also had to adapt to how our kids are educated. The boomers were taught like us and so was the generation before that, there was very little change at all. Now look at the kids of boomers and how their kids are educated. You cant tell me that didn't take some work too. No report cards, no spelling marks, sports, it is enough to drive us insane but yet we have adapted too that.
I see Gen X being a very adaptable generation as they are caught between two generations so far apart due to the technological age and social issues.
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Huh, I thought I was Gen-X, but I must not be. I was born in 79, started went to post-secondary in the 90's and started my career in 2001. What you're saying sounds like a whole generation before me. What exactly is Gen-X?