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Originally Posted by blankall
People who are 50 years old are squarely gen Xers. They caught the tail end of the good times the boomers had, but nothing like what the boomers actually received. Many of them also graduated directly into a major recession and a saturated work force.
In my dealings with many Gen Xers, I've found it's crazy how many still maintain that angsty edgy teenage attitude throughout their entire adulthood.
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Truthfully, the broad generalizations of generations are kind of pointless. I'm GenX, pretty close to the cusp of millenials and I came out of school right into double-digit unemployment and promises of "you're graduating at just the right time because all of these baby boomers are nearly at retirement age". I don't think it's a spoiler that they weren't retiring! Strangely, a generation that lived on debt (both personally and corporately) found that they weren't completely prepared to retire...and when they got to the high-paying coveted positions they weren't quick to retire.