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Originally Posted by V
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?
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- Traditionalists: Born before 1946
- Boomers: 1946 – 1964
- Generation X (Gen X): 1965 – 1980
- Millennials or Generation Y (Gen Y): 1981 – 2000
slight variations on this dependant where you look. You would be at the back end of Gen Xs...a cusp baby so to speak that would share traits with both the X and Ys.
heres another that includes overlaps
Baby Boomers: 1946~1953 to 1964
This would make baby boomers, in the year 2010, somewhere in the ballpark of 46-64 years old.
Gen X: 1965 to 1976~1982
This would make generation X, in the year 2010, somewhere in the ballpark of 28-45 years old.
Gen Y: 1977~1982 to 1995~2001
This would make generation Y, in the year 2010, somewhere in the ballpark of 9-33 years old.
For the most part, Generation Y are the children of the Baby Boomers, and in some cases, grandchildren. This is due to them being around their prime reproductive years during the 1980s (the last baby boomers turned 18 in 1982). Thus, the echo boomers being a surge in population as an echo of the baby boomer post-war boom.