JeanMTwengePhD

(13) This took me forever to read ... but, was worth the slog for the most part. Being part of academia with the constant revolving door of young professionals is quite a challenge. Things that seem utterly ridiculous to me are important to them. And things that are essential to my ethos (ummm . . . like showing up for work) are kind of optional and not that important. A colleague of mine recommended and I did enjoy. But the graphs ... oh, the graphs. Painful.

This book detailed the different generations. The Silents - this was the generation that just missed fighting in WW2. The Baby Boomers - we all know them. For me -- my parents. Though I realize my parents are practically Silents now that I have seen it broken down. The Millenials - how I long for them now after feeling much antipathy at one point. They get it now.
And Gen Z -- God, help us. Social media has warped them beyond recognition...

Found myself bringing information from this book into conversation with friends and colleagues. But the Achilles heel was all the almost nonsensical graphs. I ended up ignoring them after awhile as all was recapitulated in words, but it became soo repetitive and almost hard to follow. What.. wait -- it actually seems that everyone just falls in line as they age and there are actually few generational difference - We are all subject to the same forces -- it just depends on how old we are when those forces hit us. And the author's point is -- the force is technology, NOT world events. I can agree with that -- especially for poor Gen Z and not knowing how to ignore the internet.

Enjoyable; repetitive. Some truths were so laid bare. Oh, wait -- I thought I was the only one who prided myself on growing up fast without supervision and having a thick skin and a strong work ethic. Oh ... it turns out; it's my whole generation's identity. Gen X, here. Enjoyable, but recommend in small amounts. You can pick it up and put it down quite easily.… (más)