I am sick and tired of the baby boomers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never know what I am. Am I a baby

boomer or a Gen X? I was born in 1967. I am 44.

Gen X

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHY don't you boomers understand that the rules have changed?

My father, the lawyer got:

-a BA
-a JD
-a job in a respected firm making tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses every year
-a nice, cushy life

I graduated law school 30 years later and I got:

-a BA
-a JD (from the same school as dad! And graduated higher in my class than him! And worked my ass off in prestigious internships every semester from 2L on)
-an LLM
-a job at a respected firm making shit bonuses
-laid off for economic reasons
-bills that I can't afford to pay

HOW did I not work as hard as him?

I--and tons of others in my position--played by the old rules. But THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. And the baby boomers had a big part in the why of that.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Gen X'ers and Millenials are funny. Do you really think it's possible to generalize about a group of adults ranging in current age from 51-almost 70 years? I was born in 1961 and certainly don't remember where I was when JFK was shot, nor do I worship at the alter of the Beatles. Boomers are not all the same, anymore than your cohorts are monolithic.

Grow up already. No generation is perfect, and none should be villified either. There are simply different challenges and advantages that shaped the Boomers -- no better or worse than those that will shape your generation. And eventually, every generation gets old, is blamed for the world's problems, and then dies. It will be the same for you all.

Though I was young, I do remember where I was when JFK was shot. And when MLK was shot. I also remember where I was on 9/11.

Sadly, there will be people like the other pp who will say nobody cares where you were on 9/11.

Nobody should care where I was on 9/11. It's irrelevant and uninteresting, and to pretend otherwise would be an exercise in petty narcissism.

You're right. Nobody gives a shit what you were doing then, now, or tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Gen X'ers and Millenials are funny. Do you really think it's possible to generalize about a group of adults ranging in current age from 51-almost 70 years? I was born in 1961 and certainly don't remember where I was when JFK was shot, nor do I worship at the alter of the Beatles. Boomers are not all the same, anymore than your cohorts are monolithic.

Grow up already. No generation is perfect, and none should be villified either. There are simply different challenges and advantages that shaped the Boomers -- no better or worse than those that will shape your generation. And eventually, every generation gets old, is blamed for the world's problems, and then dies. It will be the same for you all.

Though I was young, I do remember where I was when JFK was shot. And when MLK was shot. I also remember where I was on 9/11.

Sadly, there will be people like the other pp who will say nobody cares where you were on 9/11.

Nobody should care where I was on 9/11. It's irrelevant and uninteresting, and to pretend otherwise would be an exercise in petty narcissism.

You're right. Nobody gives a shit what you were doing then, now, or tomorrow.

+1. You got that right!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is one old thread that I don't mind to see revived! Boomers are terrible!

But their children are worse!

Can we agree that they are both awful?

[Anonymous]

I'm the OP, wow, I have been visiting this site for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY don't you boomers understand that the rules have changed?

My father, the lawyer got:

-a BA
-a JD
-a job in a respected firm making tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses every year
-a nice, cushy life

I graduated law school 30 years later and I got:

-a BA
-a JD (from the same school as dad! And graduated higher in my class than him! And worked my ass off in prestigious internships every semester from 2L on)
-an LLM
-a job at a respected firm making shit bonuses
-laid off for economic reasons
-bills that I can't afford to pay

HOW did I not work as hard as him?

I--and tons of others in my position--played by the old rules. But THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. And the baby boomers had a big part in the why of that.

+1.

Guess neither of your fathers taught you entrepreneurship. That is the future and you better embrace it or you'll never pay your bills.

[Anonymous]

Your anger is misplaced, op.

You should blame the republicans and their corporate welfare policies that have prevented appropriate taxation of the UBER RICH which has resulted in a truly stagnant economy in terms of earnings and savings for all of us (except the über rich).

Read Picketty's book or watch Inequality for All to see what I'm talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY don't you boomers understand that the rules have changed?

My father, the lawyer got:

-a BA
-a JD
-a job in a respected firm making tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses every year
-a nice, cushy life

I graduated law school 30 years later and I got:

-a BA
-a JD (from the same school as dad! And graduated higher in my class than him! And worked my ass off in prestigious internships every semester from 2L on)
-an LLM
-a job at a respected firm making shit bonuses
-laid off for economic reasons
-bills that I can't afford to pay

HOW did I not work as hard as him?

I--and tons of others in my position--played by the old rules. But THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. And the baby boomers had a big part in the why of that.

+1.

Guess neither of your fathers taught you entrepreneurship. That is the future and you better embrace it or you'll never pay your bills.

More bootstraps rhetoric. next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your anger is misplaced, op.

You should blame the republicans and their corporate welfare policies that have prevented appropriate taxation of the UBER RICH which has resulted in a truly stagnant economy in terms of earnings and savings for all of us (except the über rich).

Read Picketty's book or watch Inequality for All to see what I'm talking about.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your anger is misplaced, op.

You should blame the republicans and their corporate welfare policies that have prevented appropriate taxation of the UBER RICH which has resulted in a truly stagnant economy in terms of earnings and savings for all of us (except the über rich).

Read Picketty's book or watch Inequality for All to see what I'm talking about.

+1

Yes, but those Republicans are baby-boomers, put into office by baby-boomers, who are (and have been) focused on passing laws that result in financial rewards to, you guessed it, baby-boomers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY don't you boomers understand that the rules have changed?

My father, the lawyer got:

-a BA
-a JD
-a job in a respected firm making tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses every year
-a nice, cushy life

I graduated law school 30 years later and I got:

-a BA
-a JD (from the same school as dad! And graduated higher in my class than him! And worked my ass off in prestigious internships every semester from 2L on)
-an LLM
-a job at a respected firm making shit bonuses
-laid off for economic reasons
-bills that I can't afford to pay

HOW did I not work as hard as him?

I--and tons of others in my position--played by the old rules. But THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. And the baby boomers had a big part in the why of that.

+1.

your fault for picking a field in an area overrun by lawyers

can't feel sorry for you - your choice!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY don't you boomers understand that the rules have changed?

My father, the lawyer got:

-a BA
-a JD
-a job in a respected firm making tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses every year
-a nice, cushy life

I graduated law school 30 years later and I got:

-a BA
-a JD (from the same school as dad! And graduated higher in my class than him! And worked my ass off in prestigious internships every semester from 2L on)
-an LLM
-a job at a respected firm making shit bonuses
-laid off for economic reasons
-bills that I can't afford to pay

HOW did I not work as hard as him?

I--and tons of others in my position--played by the old rules. But THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. And the baby boomers had a big part in the why of that.

+1.

Guess neither of your fathers taught you entrepreneurship. That is the future and you better embrace it or you'll never pay your bills.

That's asinine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your anger is misplaced, op.

You should blame the republicans and their corporate welfare policies that have prevented appropriate taxation of the UBER RICH which has resulted in a truly stagnant economy in terms of earnings and savings for all of us (except the über rich).

Read Picketty's book or watch Inequality for All to see what I'm talking about.

+1

Yes, but those Republicans are baby-boomers, put into office by baby-boomers, who are (and have been) focused on passing laws that result in financial rewards to, you guessed it, baby-boomers.

But not all BBs are Republicans -- if you can't grasp this, PP, it just might be your inability to think logically that's at the root of your professional woes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY don't you boomers understand that the rules have changed?

My father, the lawyer got:

-a BA
-a JD
-a job in a respected firm making tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses every year
-a nice, cushy life

I graduated law school 30 years later and I got:

-a BA
-a JD (from the same school as dad! And graduated higher in my class than him! And worked my ass off in prestigious internships every semester from 2L on)
-an LLM
-a job at a respected firm making shit bonuses
-laid off for economic reasons
-bills that I can't afford to pay

HOW did I not work as hard as him?

I--and tons of others in my position--played by the old rules. But THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. And the baby boomers had a big part in the why of that.

+1.

You are a whiner. Not your generation, just you. I got forced out of a field I loved because of oversupply but I didn't blame the people who got there first.