Why we are the way we are!!!

Not too long ago, the generation gap meant parents didn't understand why ripped jeans cost twice as much as regular ones or why every other word coming out of their child's mouth was "like." Now the gap means employers don't understand why twentysomethings straight out of college expect a high salary and lots of vacation time.

So the other day I went to a meeting about generations in the workplace and realized that I am defiantly a generation y. What is a generation y? You ask.

Generation Y, sometimes referred to as "Millennials" or "Net Generation", were born between 1976-1995 or 1982–2001 depending on the source, and grew up in the 1990s and 2000s.

For us new 20-something workers, the line between work and home doesn't really exist. We just want to spend our time in meaningful and useful ways, no matter where we are.

How Generation Y is different ?

Dr. Larry Rosen, author of the "Mental Health Technology Bible" and "TechnoStress: Coping with Technology @Work, @Home, @Play," argues that the biggest difference between members of Generation Y and those who came before them is that they have spent their entire lives surrounded by technology.

"Technology just is for them. Its part of every aspect of their lives, unlike a lot of the people they will be coming to work for," he said. The difference is more than a generational experience gap, he said: Its a difference in personality.

"This generation is different in so many ways. They grew up in the lap of luxury, in one of the best economic times in the last 100 years, and everyone started living very luxuriously: two-plus cars, dinners out, etc. They're also pretty opinionated about the jobs they want and the money they intend to make, and many have missed that step where they understood they needed to work their way up from the bottom," Ruth Haag, author of the four-book "Hiring and Firing" series, told eWEEK.com. That statement is so true i don't care who you are and you know it. haha

With the eldest batch of Baby Boomers in retirement and the rest to follow, the presence of Generation Y workers is more important than ever. So here we come, ready or not.