Here, they differ dramatically from their skeptical "Generation X" predecessors. A 1999 survey asked Gen X college seniors to name their ideal employers; they "filled the entire list with for-profit businesses like Microsoft and Cisco." What a difference a generation makes. In the same poll today, Gen Y prefers the State Department, Teach for America, and the Peace Corps. That's a problem for a country built on the entrepreneurial spirit.
This dude makes too much about Gen Y's choices, some of which are commendable. I'm familiar with Teach for America since my Gen X aged sister did this. It was a 2 year commitment she signed up for and she had full intentions of joining the private sector afterwards. She wanted to serve our country and this is what she chose. Not easy, either, especially considering they send you to a place that doesn't have enough willing people to teach at. Hell, 3 of her middle school students got shot to death in her first year.
Regardless, the Gen Y'ers I work with are money grubbing pigs like the rest of us. Fuck, they're snatching up a lot of the cheap real estate right now. This one jel-headed hipster that sits by me researches houses and stocks on his PC more than he works.
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