s/o if you are 29-33, how old are you, are you Gen X or Y, and why?

[Anonymous]

I'm 30, and don't consider myself Gen Y because I feel like I have more in common with slightly older friends than younger ones. Even when I was younger, I feel like my angst wasn't about trying to find the perfect thing to do with my life that reflects how special I am, which is what I see with a lot of Gen Yers. I guess that makes me feel more Gen X. I'm also cynical and my musical tastes are stuck in the 90s.

[Anonymous]

Gen Y begins with those who graduated High School in 2000.

[Anonymous]

Gen X from Wiki:

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom ended.[1] While there is no universally agreed upon time frame,[2] the term generally includes people born in the 1960s and '70s, ending in the late 1970s to early '80s, usually not later than 1982


Gen Y from Wiki:

Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials),[1][2] Generation Next,[3] Net Generation,[4] Echo Boomers,[5] describes the demographic cohort following Generation X. As there are no precise dates for when the Millennial generation starts and ends, commentators have used birth dates ranging somewhere from the mid-1970s[6] to the early 2000s.[7] Members of this generation are called Echo Boomers, due to the significant increase in birth rates through the 1980s and into the 1990s, and because many of them are children of baby boomers

Gen Z from Wiki:

Generation Z or "Net Generation" is a common name for the generation of people born between the early 1990s and the early 2000s.[1][2][3][4][5]

As the most recent generation, the earliest birth year commonly noted is 1991.[1][2][5][6][7] Generally speaking, these people are born after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dawn of the World Wide Web. More generally, some of the oldest members of this generation were born at the end of the "Echo Boom", which ended during the time of the Gulf War, while the youngest of the generation were born during a baby boomlet around the time of the Global financial crisis of the late 2000s decade, ending around the year 2010, with the next unnamed generation succeeding

[Anonymous]

I'm 29 and I don't identify with either group's stereotypes. I'm not a constant feedback, everyone gets a trophy type, but I'm not an introspective, don't recognize and appreciate all that I have type either. I graduated high school in 1999.

[Anonymous]

"Generation X" is a technical term for the 10th generation of americans born after the revolutionary war (X being the Roman numeral for our Arabic "10"). A generation is 20 years, therefore Gen X-ers were born 1976 or thereabouts. Of course the term is catchy and some marketing genius picked it up and culture subsequently glommed on and now it is a catch-all term to mean just about anything anybody wants... but that was the origin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gen X from Wiki:

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom ended.[1] While there is no universally agreed upon time frame,[2] the term generally includes people born in the 1960s and '70s, ending in the late 1970s to early '80s, usually not later than 1982


Gen Y from Wiki:

Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials),[1][2] Generation Next,[3] Net Generation,[4] Echo Boomers,[5] describes the demographic cohort following Generation X. As there are no precise dates for when the Millennial generation starts and ends, commentators have used birth dates ranging somewhere from the mid-1970s[6] to the early 2000s.[7] Members of this generation are called Echo Boomers, due to the significant increase in birth rates through the 1980s and into the 1990s, and because many of them are children of baby boomers

Gen Z from Wiki:

Generation Z or "Net Generation" is a common name for the generation of people born between the early 1990s and the early 2000s.[1][2][3][4][5]

As the most recent generation, the earliest birth year commonly noted is 1991.[1][2][5][6][7] Generally speaking, these people are born after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dawn of the World Wide Web. More generally, some of the oldest members of this generation were born at the end of the "Echo Boom", which ended during the time of the Gulf War, while the youngest of the generation were born during a baby boomlet around the time of the Global financial crisis of the late 2000s decade, ending around the year 2010, with the next unnamed generation succeeding

OP here. I asked because different commentators seem to have different cut-offs between Gen X and Gen Y. There's something sort of arbitrary about picking a year for that, and I was interested in hearing about people's experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gen X from Wiki:

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom ended.[1] While there is no universally agreed upon time frame,[2] the term generally includes people born in the 1960s and '70s, ending in the late 1970s to early '80s, usually not later than 1982


Gen Y from Wiki:

Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials),[1][2] Generation Next,[3] Net Generation,[4] Echo Boomers,[5] describes the demographic cohort following Generation X. As there are no precise dates for when the Millennial generation starts and ends, commentators have used birth dates ranging somewhere from the mid-1970s[6] to the early 2000s.[7] Members of this generation are called Echo Boomers, due to the significant increase in birth rates through the 1980s and into the 1990s, and because many of them are children of baby boomers

Gen Z from Wiki:

Generation Z or "Net Generation" is a common name for the generation of people born between the early 1990s and the early 2000s.[1][2][3][4][5]

As the most recent generation, the earliest birth year commonly noted is 1991.[1][2][5][6][7] Generally speaking, these people are born after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dawn of the World Wide Web. More generally, some of the oldest members of this generation were born at the end of the "Echo Boom", which ended during the time of the Gulf War, while the youngest of the generation were born during a baby boomlet around the time of the Global financial crisis of the late 2000s decade, ending around the year 2010, with the next unnamed generation succeeding

OP here. I asked because different commentators seem to have different cut-offs between Gen X and Gen Y. There's something sort of arbitrary about picking a year for that, and I was interested in hearing about people's experiences.

I'm born in 1970 and consider myself X. You are 10 years younger than me and you are on the cusp -- personally I'd put you in Gen Y. But according to the Wiki, you technically could be considered X.

[Anonymous]

I was born in 1981 but consider myself an X. I graduated from high school in '98 and college in '01.

[Anonymous]

I was born in 1979 and consider myself Generation X. I know by birthdate, I could be considered either, but I've always been a bit of an old soul. My parents were not the emerging helicopter parents of Generation Y. On top of that, I am not into technology, texting, etc.

My company developed a presentation on how to manage and understand employees from different generations. It really is remarkable how different Generation X and Generation Y stereotypes are. The few Generation Y coworkers I know have all had their parents heavily involved in their careers (one even brought her father along to the job interview -- can't believe they still hired her!). I know that's not everyone and is only the stereotype, but you would never see that out of me!

[Anonymous]

I was born in 1980 and have always thought of myself as an X.

I see the Y as the can't take feedback, crazy parental involvement, everyone is a special snowflake, entitled generation, IMO. I manage a lot of people of that generation, just a few years younger than me and they think the rules don't apply to them. And god forbid you try and give them constructive criticism. They either cry or tell you that you're being unfair. Right, because you're perfect.

I realize I'm totally generalizing but I swear its the case with 99% of people I know of that age.

[Anonymous]

Gen x born in 1965, I know, old! But most of the the people born before 1964 are baby boomers, after gen x. That's where I find the line is. The baby boomers liked the Beatles, Greatful Dead, tie die, disco, world peace and hippy stuff. We were into punk, new wave, and hardcore music and laughing at the lame baby boomers. It was a generational shift in attitude, boomers seemed soft, we liked an edge. Boomers did not get the Sex Pistols or Minor Threat.

[Anonymous]

I'm 30, born in 1980 and consider myself GenX. I read somewhere the way to distinguish GenX vs GenY is whether or not you had a landline phone in college

[Anonymous]

1969 - Clearly Gen X. Also, we got the coolest generation name, though the Millennial generation is pretty cool too. Pity poor Gen Y, with its derivative wannabe generation name, much like Gen Y itself. I'd put the cutoff no later than 1980.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gen x born in 1965, I know, old! But most of the the people born before 1964 are baby boomers, after gen x. That's where I find the line is. The baby boomers liked the Beatles, Greatful Dead, tie die, disco, world peace and hippy stuff. We were into punk, new wave, and hardcore music and laughing at the lame baby boomers. It was a generational shift in attitude, boomers seemed soft, we liked an edge. Boomers did not get the Sex Pistols or Minor Threat.

Another 1965'er here, but I identify much more as a boomer than Gen X.

[Anonymous]

1978. Definitely X. I was a latch key kid, child of divorce, remember MTV when it actually played videos, the first time I heard Nirvana it changed my life and I am cynical as hell.