Another Millennial here.
I started helping my neighbor roof when I was 12. My parents were getting divorced, my mother had 4 kids and was she was a receptionist. Needless to say money was tight/nonexistent. I didn't play sports because I couldn't afford it. Luckily, I paid attention and worked every opportunity I had. When I was 16 I was a gifted an old Jeep Wrangler. I started my own mowing company, with a small loan from an old man, by the end of my first summer I had everything paid off. I had a trailer, Scag turf tiger, and the rest of my equipment was Stihl. After I graduated I worked a few odd jobs and continued to mow. I went and played Army for a while. After receiving a med-board I decided to go to college. I'm currently in my Junior year double majoring in Biology and Biochemistry. I was raised knowing that I have to work for the things I want. Not all millennials are self-entitled, lazy, socialists.
It really irks me that everyone complains about how my generation was raised, when the previous generation was responsible for raising us, and they were responsible for the school curriculum set in place etc. Yet you all wonder where we learnt to play the blame game.
The sad thing is that my only employable skill right now is construction. I've worked in factories, hospitals, private sector health care, and a few other places. Other than construction,there wasn't any training or promise for advancement. I was just labor, only trained enough to do my job efficiently, nothing more. I wasn't given any opportunity for advancement because 1. I didn't have a degree or 2. The old timers were threatened by a smart young buck that would settle for less money. Perfect example was roofing. A lot of the guys I worked for wouldn't teach me to lay shingles, I was there for tear off and to pack shingles. As soon as I was taught to lay shingles I could make more money or do my own jobs. Guess what, Now I do my own roof jobs because those old men were right. I was that hungry young buck coming for their spot. I've found that when employers learn of my ambition they either hold me down or bury me in extra work. So why should I owe them any loyalty?
People should also understand the way we learn is different. We are being raised in the age of technology. Remembering everything doesn't seem as practical because our google-fu is strong. We can have the answer to a problem we don't understand before you figure out which book you should start reading first. My hat is off to the generations that went through college without the internet. I could not imagine going through some of my classes without it, in fact some would be impossible.
I started helping my neighbor roof when I was 12. My parents were getting divorced, my mother had 4 kids and was she was a receptionist. Needless to say money was tight/nonexistent. I didn't play sports because I couldn't afford it. Luckily, I paid attention and worked every opportunity I had. When I was 16 I was a gifted an old Jeep Wrangler. I started my own mowing company, with a small loan from an old man, by the end of my first summer I had everything paid off. I had a trailer, Scag turf tiger, and the rest of my equipment was Stihl. After I graduated I worked a few odd jobs and continued to mow. I went and played Army for a while. After receiving a med-board I decided to go to college. I'm currently in my Junior year double majoring in Biology and Biochemistry. I was raised knowing that I have to work for the things I want. Not all millennials are self-entitled, lazy, socialists.
It really irks me that everyone complains about how my generation was raised, when the previous generation was responsible for raising us, and they were responsible for the school curriculum set in place etc. Yet you all wonder where we learnt to play the blame game.
The sad thing is that my only employable skill right now is construction. I've worked in factories, hospitals, private sector health care, and a few other places. Other than construction,there wasn't any training or promise for advancement. I was just labor, only trained enough to do my job efficiently, nothing more. I wasn't given any opportunity for advancement because 1. I didn't have a degree or 2. The old timers were threatened by a smart young buck that would settle for less money. Perfect example was roofing. A lot of the guys I worked for wouldn't teach me to lay shingles, I was there for tear off and to pack shingles. As soon as I was taught to lay shingles I could make more money or do my own jobs. Guess what, Now I do my own roof jobs because those old men were right. I was that hungry young buck coming for their spot. I've found that when employers learn of my ambition they either hold me down or bury me in extra work. So why should I owe them any loyalty?
People should also understand the way we learn is different. We are being raised in the age of technology. Remembering everything doesn't seem as practical because our google-fu is strong. We can have the answer to a problem we don't understand before you figure out which book you should start reading first. My hat is off to the generations that went through college without the internet. I could not imagine going through some of my classes without it, in fact some would be impossible.
