How to advise an older gen x/boomer lawyer friend on modern job hunting etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So a Boomer born 1964 can be a Gen X parent born 1965?


I am a boomer and all my kids are Gen Z

Gen Z is now as old as 28.

You were born in 1965?

Then you are an 80s teen, so you are Gen X.

You could maaaybe at the very, very tail end of boomers, but only if you were born to older parents, in their 40s, and your parents came of age during WW2.

Boomers are kids of the WW2 generation.

The Baby Boom ended in the early 1960s a few years after the pill was invented in 1959.

[Anonymous]

I have heard more and more that with AI people are resorting to the old fashioned method of actual telephone calls. So that may not be an issue.

However, what you do you mean she "advises her clients in ways that are not market standard." Are you saying she is working as a lawyer and not advising her clients properly. Because this is an ethics issue for lawyers. They must zealously represent their clients and be up to date on legal practices - including technology. So, if she is violating legal requirements she could be disbarred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have heard more and more that with AI people are resorting to the old fashioned method of actual telephone calls. So that may not be an issue.

However, what you do you mean she "advises her clients in ways that are not market standard." Are you saying she is working as a lawyer and not advising her clients properly. Because this is an ethics issue for lawyers. They must zealously represent their clients and be up to date on legal practices - including technology. So, if she is violating legal requirements she could be disbarred.

People keep missing the point on phone calls. You communicate in the mode the person paying you or potentially hiring you communicate. You do not say ‘well, I prefer phone calls!’ The fact that post after post doesn’t appreciate this is baffling.

It’s not an ethics issue, stop being dramatic and stupid.

[Anonymous]

You clearly misunderstand how modern AI systems actually work. While basic public models like standard ChatGPT can hallucinate, enterprise-grade or custom-trained models, such as Claude with proper QA/QC, can process large volumes of data with high accuracy and often outperform traditional administrative support. AI agents can scale complex administrative and analytical tasks without the limitations of salary, benefits, or inconsistent productivity. Dismissing these capabilities shows a lack of familiarity with current AI technology, reflecting a broader generational gap in technical fluency. Wish your generation the best in the job wars.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You do know that boomers are the parents of Gen X?

Boomers were born in the late 1930s through the very early 1960s.

They are in their late 60s to 80s now.

People in their 40s and 50s are not "boomers"

Actually, boomers are the parents of millennials. Greatest Gen and Silent Gen are parents of boomers and gen x.

You must be a gen Z who didn't learn basic history and can't do math.

Boomers are the parents of Gen X.

If you are encountering a Boomer in your workplace, they are going to be in their 70s and 80s, and were likely born in the 1940s or 1950s.

You are completely wrong. Look at the beginning and end dates of each generation. There is no way a boomer can be the parent of Gen X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do know that boomers are the parents of Gen X?

Boomers were born in the late 1930s through the very early 1960s.

They are in their late 60s to 80s now.

People in their 40s and 50s are not "boomers"

Actually, boomers are the parents of millennials. Greatest Gen and Silent Gen are parents of boomers and gen x.

You must be a gen Z who didn't learn basic history and can't do math.

Boomers are the parents of Gen X.

If you are encountering a Boomer in your workplace, they are going to be in their 70s and 80s, and were likely born in the 1940s or 1950s.

You are completely wrong. Look at the beginning and end dates of each generation. There is no way a boomer can be the parent of Gen X.

Your math is really off. Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. Gen X is 1965-1980. It wasn’t uncommon for boomers to have babies in HS so even late Boomers can be parents to a Gen X kid. (Consider lack of availability of birth control from and abortions and the fact that parents didn’t talk to kids openly about sex). I actually know a few people born in the early 1960s who had babies at 14 and 15 years old.

[Anonymous]

She mismanaged her money in the past if she still needs to work.
If she is so great, employers would be calling her.
She needs to create her own work and be the person hiring. As an employer, she can be stubborn all she wants.