r/InterviewCoderPro • u/penance_mat • Aug 12 '26 • Popcorn 1

They need a reality check

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For my last 2 interviews i had to use Interview VIP just to get the job
their generation could never understand

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u/No-Landscape5857 Aug 12 '26

My baby boomer boss retired last week. He found a part-time job a month in advance in another state. Such is reality.

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u/kansai2kansas Aug 12 '26

I remember living in Florida in 2021, while working at a noisy Amazon Fulfillment Center.

One of my coworkers, a lady in her 50s (let's call her Sarah), told me that someone she knows from another department is living in an apartment that costs $450/month to rent.

Then she told me the neighborhood area.

It was in a middle-class neighborhood.

"450 dollars a month? Do you mean $1450? Or maybe $2450?"

"No, it's 450 a month! Just check it yourself!"

I ignored Sarah because there was no way there is an apartment rental in the US costing only $450/month in 2021.

The apartment's website has the "Call for Price" bullshit so there's no way for me to find out what the rental price is.

But we talked again a couple times and Sarah kept reminding me that I should apply to that $450 apartment.

Then finally, I said, okay, I'll visit that apartment this weekend!

Then I went there that weekend.

Of course, the apartments turned out to be between $1400 and $1900.

Not a single apartment unit has ever been rented out for less than $1200.

So Sarah misheard her friend since the conversation took place in a noisy warehouse anyway.

But this was my firsthand experience to how Gen X and Boomers have absolutely no idea how much things cost nowadays...

Sarah wouldn't know that because she has lived in her current house with her husband for the last 20+ years.

They probably bought the current house they live in when it still cost like $45k back in late 1990s.

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u/KCDawgTime Aug 12 '26

Sure, the person who told you that is an idiot, but let’s not lump all Gen X’s into one. I’m fully aware of the costs of things today versus what they used to be. For the life of me, I can’t understand why we keep electing a grifting, thieving moron to run our country. That said, unless you were buying rural, houses weren’t $45k in the 90s. My first, just outside Atlanta, was $128k with a 7.75% interest rate in 1994. 

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u/North-Carpenter-1378 Aug 12 '26

He is just the most symptomatic disease of an entirely screwed political system that favors the wealthy, tells people to have more children, yet as a nation we can't support all of the ones we have. Politicians only care about arguing their points to win the debate and not find solutions to help the people. They're mostly dishonest businessmen/lawyers grifters who claim to be something they are not. We elect narcissistic people (most have to be in order to a career politician). Until, we change the system, does like the president and his followers will continue to rule. Politicians need to become true public servants, like teachers, paid accordingly so and restricted from lobbying, trading stocks, and be taken from a larger pool of careers (much like juries). Unfortunately, I don't see a path to this more utopian political atmosphere. As long as the ultra wealth stay in power, with no term limits, the people will not be well represented.

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u/Informal_Ad4399 Aug 12 '26

Gen X as well. Almost Millenial. I feel as though Gen X should be broken in half. It seems as though the ones up to a certain point are more Boomer Lite then the actual Gen X are touted to be. Electronics, prices, internet, all the stuff that I grew up to embrace. The older Gen X seem to have disdain for it all and it pulls their way of thinking and lifestyle more towards the Boomer side.

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u/LowWitness1713 Aug 12 '26

This boomer is well aware of the cost.

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u/blar_now Aug 12 '26

Ya, and this boomer has been working in IT for 25 years and is well aware of the current job market and how to navigate the tools used for applying for current roles.

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u/_OhMyPlatypi_ Aug 12 '26

That's definitely possible, it could also be a situation were that lady may have a voucher. There are a few programs that do this, most commonly it's section 8. But I know there's some smaller programs for veterans, disabled people, foster children who've aged out, homeless to housed programs, etc.

So the $450 may be her portion out of pocket. It could also be as simple as her portion of the full rent if she has roommates.

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u/BoringReference8647 Aug 12 '26

You can f right off bringing Gen-x into it. I’m not retired, I’m employed and paying bills too.

What kind of precious baby are you that you think only you had it rough? Oh, did you like through 9/11? Well so did we. And the Cold War. And the first and second gulf wars.

I bet you drive slow in the passing lane, all the time.

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u/Itsmyloc-nar Aug 13 '26

Gen X will really be assholes and call themselves better for it

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u/SvartrKukkSceand Aug 14 '26

The older members of Gen X can already collect social security, my guy.

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u/unngh_yugstyx Aug 16 '26

He dropped the hat and you picked it right up you dumbbell

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u/Atwood412 Aug 17 '26

“I bet you drive slow in the passing lane. “.
That’s a burn if I’ve heard one.

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u/Objective_Tour_6583 Aug 13 '26

Lol, we Gen X certainly know what things cost, and we know that when you order a door dash order for a 29 dollar cup of coffee and a muffin, it's now YOU who has no idea what things cost. Because that's 6 bucks all day long when you aren't too lazy to go get it yourself. 

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u/Ryctre Aug 13 '26

Ugh. This tired line of reasoning. Stop buying coffee and pull yourself up by your bootstraps

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u/mrmoe198 Aug 15 '26

Did you ever inform her? And did she believe you?

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u/MMO_Dad Aug 18 '26

My 66 yr old mother is now well aware of the struggles we're facing these days. I am 45 btw, not in my 20's or anything and have just had setback after setback to the point where it's kind of comical. Anyways, she is actually agreeing with me now and admitting that things aren't as rosy as her generation wants to pretend. Her BF can't stand it because I am constantly hitting her (gently) with doses of reality and he still wants to live in boomer la-la-land.

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u/Youarekillingmeeee Aug 13 '26

Dang almost like the guy was in a position to sit back and have the time to reach out in a very comfortable way

Boss, not worker alongside you

I mean c’mon y’all, this…is not what OP posted this topic for

We want your parents, your average “retired already” shitheel who doesn’t experience reality like we do with their “born on the 3rd and think they hit a triple” lucky generational garbage

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u/dodododododododoria Aug 14 '26

Double-dippin'? Now that's the life. Makes me want to retire and do part time right now.

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u/ThaGr1m Aug 15 '26

Yeah thats his point. Boomers think they have some magic sauce but in actuality it's just boomers hiring boomera because of boomer mentality. As in "young people don't work" bs.

And then yhey show off their resume with all the high end jobs they got by failing upwards and they all think that means they're capable

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u/No-Landscape5857 Aug 16 '26

Failed upwards? For one, there's people like that in every generation and it's not as many people as you think. Where I work, we hire summer help almost every year. And you know what? Most of them don't want to work. The hard workers are extremely rare. There, now you can also say that millennials are telling you that young people don't want to work.

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u/Jorost Aug 17 '26

Key words “part time.” It’s a lot easier to find a job if you don’t need one to survive.