‘What's striking isn't just that young adults are delaying milestones - it's that many are questioning whether those life events are achievable at all’ one financial expert said
being conditioned to leave the house at 18 isnt a milestone(seems very heavily stereotyped in the us), as is expecting to be finding a job right after degree too isnt a really a milestone(its a very US thing apparently), see alot of these stories just from a search alone. also some millineals are like this too unable to leave home due to HCOL, especially if you wernt in Tech/ or high paying health field.
even if you were/are in Tech you’d be lucky to A. still have a job at this point and B. be paid well for it. I’ve been in the industry for 20+ years now and the wages just totally stagnated. I went from having more money than I knew what to do with in my 20s to having just enough to ALMOST live comfortably on my own. And I’m kicking myself that I didn’t settle down in my 20s, buy a house then, marry the girl I was seeing then, starting a family then. Like I said I had more money than I could imagine and figured “it’s going to get better from here” and it didn’t. I blew it. wasted it all on devices and pcs i don’t have anymore, videogames, booze, drugs, clothes, etc. Just totally blew it.
I see fresh grads today who are damn lucky to even get a job in this field but they’re being paid peanuts and living in a shoebox apartment or with like 5+ roommates or still living at home with their folks.
being conditioned to leave the house at 18 isnt a milestone(seems very heavily stereotyped in the us), as is expecting to be finding a job right after degree too isnt a really a milestone(its a very US thing apparently), see alot of these stories just from a search alone. also some millineals are like this too unable to leave home due to HCOL, especially if you wernt in Tech/ or high paying health field.
even if you were/are in Tech you’d be lucky to A. still have a job at this point and B. be paid well for it. I’ve been in the industry for 20+ years now and the wages just totally stagnated. I went from having more money than I knew what to do with in my 20s to having just enough to ALMOST live comfortably on my own. And I’m kicking myself that I didn’t settle down in my 20s, buy a house then, marry the girl I was seeing then, starting a family then. Like I said I had more money than I could imagine and figured “it’s going to get better from here” and it didn’t. I blew it. wasted it all on devices and pcs i don’t have anymore, videogames, booze, drugs, clothes, etc. Just totally blew it.
I see fresh grads today who are damn lucky to even get a job in this field but they’re being paid peanuts and living in a shoebox apartment or with like 5+ roommates or still living at home with their folks.