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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gen X runs through 1980 -
Gen X might be in the work force till 2047 if they retire at 67.

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Gen X can't retire.  The Baby Boomers took most of the good jobs for our entire careers, and it wasn't until the pandemic that the younger ones with pensions decided they could leave to go golfing/enjoy their vacation places, etc. because "life's too short".

GenX is mostly not pensioned (unlike the Baby Boomers).  And we've been kicked in the teeth so many times economically, I think you can expect to see us around for a lot longer.

I can remember when I just got out of college, the labor economists predicted good economic success for my "birth dearth" generation.  Never happened.  Until maybe post-pandemic.  We'll see how long the current labor market conditions prevail.

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GenX here. I graduated college in 1999, had a great 1 year and the dot.com burst.

Then 9/11

I got a Fed contracting job because they were only people still hiring.

Married in 2005, and wanted to buy a house but OMG so expensive now so can’t do that — we grew up poor

Love to move into Silicon Valley tech at this time, FB just founded, iPhone launched, but GenX is 30+, and ageism is established doctrine:

“ To be fair, that quote about old losers is from way back in 2007, when Zuck was but a grown child of 22 and not yet media trained. That was when Zuck said: “Young people are just smarter.”

And then the millenials arrive and squeeze the labor market, while boomers don’t leave.
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What is going on Gen Xers?  I thought the poor me bit was reserved for the millennials and gen Zers...[/quote]

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