It’s happening a lot. I’m 32 years old, and probably a youngish member of Generation X. Generation Y–to me–starts with those using Facebook in College and later. I gratudated from GWU in 1998 (though a $950 library fine kept me from getting a degree till 2001–and I just got in before the requirements chnaged). I grew up on typing, to a point. I remember in 7th grade, using a computer to turn in some vocabulary assignments. My teacher, at that time, thought it was cheating because of the spell check function.
I was considered a radical.
Now? I’m bumping into people that were using HTML/CGI/PHP since they were 11 years old. 13 year olds able to handle a LAMP stack. Geographical boundaries are dissapearing so collaboration can happen instantly and everywhere. People are adding value to projects–for free–all over this country, and despite the left leaning moves, I couldn’t be happier about the entrepreneurial ethos of Generation Y.
They can not just type, but they are fluent, can think. If they can overcome the entitlement mentality–man alive. The first generation to….is something everyone postulates, and I think that they will be able to accept fast change at a faster rate.
…….off to the gym
But in other news? My kid has had back-to-back dry nights. 2.5 years old. It’s a blast taking him to the potty in the middle of the night.
Big boy bed, here we come.
And today, I’m working.
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