Echo Boom

I am on the cusp of a generation. So are you, if you were born in 1980-82. You are the very beginning of Gen-Y, otherwise known as the Echo Boomers because we are children of Baby Boomers. I am part of the oldest segment of Gen Y. We are beginning to stream into the work force (though I haven't joined up yet). People who do studies say a lot of things about us. Check out this 60 Minutes piece.

We are optimistic! Yay, I like that.
We have been sheltered. Hmm, yes I suppose so. Hence our optimism.
We don't want our work to define us as it may have our parents. I agree. Plus, we never had to work very hard for anything, so work isn't very high on our priority list.
So far, we seem like happy, sheltered Hobbits, blissfully unaware of life's misfortunes. I think that's about right.

We are rumored to be more like our grandparents than our parents. We aren't rebels. We value family and are marrying earlier (some of us anyway). Heck, we're even friends with our parents. We don't protest, we fit in to the system. We are basically followers. But, I'm sure there are some leaders out there somewhere.