What is Generation Y?

Answer 1

Generation Y is the people who were born between 1976-1995 or 1982-2001 depending on the source, and grew up in the 1990s and 2000s.

To be specific, Gen Y also called the Millennials, are a generation with increasing values of entitlement, Narcissism and rejection of social conventions and can range up to 2004. Gen Ys are also the generation of tolerance, as well as global and environmental consciousness. The later the Millennial, the more pronounced these values and traits, generally.

The 'range' is never exactl because it's generational, and not mathematical. It's not a horoscope where one can say 'people born in 1970 are not Millennials' as there are many factors. Millennials can dip even into the 60s if the parents were Late Boomers as well as young.

Some people, but not many, even break the 'generation' mold entirely. While most of us like to 'think' we don't fit in our generation most of us do at some root level. Others, such as Steve Jobs, should have been the quintessential baby boomer. Though his character, vision, and outlook on the world and his place in it, barely fits the mold of even a late boomer (1965). So it's not a science, it's a characterization of loose group spanning 'a generation'.

Answer 2

• Generation Y is the generation of people born during the 1980s and early 1990s.
• The name is based on Generation X, the generation that preceded them.
• Members of Generation Y are often referred to as "echo boomers" because they are the children of parents born during the baby boom (the "baby boomers"). Because children born during this time period have had constant access to technology(computers, cell phones) in their youth, they have required many employers to update their hiring strategy in order to incorporate updated forms of technology.
• Also called millennial, echo boomers, internet generation, iGen, net generation.
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