Crisis: Generation X

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are low paying and
demeaning to overqualified applicants. Left only to scrap by, it is not
unusual for an "X-er" to feel "Boomer Envy" described as the "envy of
material wealth and long-range material security accrued by older members
of the baby boom generation by virtue of fortunate births" (Generation X,
pg. 21). The fortunate thing is that "X-ers" have come to realize money is
not the key to life and community and commitment are what one should work
towards.

In keeping the same "money isn't everything" slogan, Coupland
executes a novel modelled after young "X-ers" who work for the most
powerful Baby Boomer of them all, Bill Gates. Microserfs is depicted as a
novel displaying the lives of six Microsoft employees living together,
dealing with each other and dealing with their meaningless jobs. The main
character danielu@microsoft.com describes himself and his life as follows:

I am a tester-a bug checker in Building Seven. I worked my
way up the ladder ...

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these days when a thoughtless
generation that destroyed an environment the way the Boomers did. It is
the X Generation that realizes this and is now partaking in plans for
repairing the planet for further generations to start anew.

It is unfortunate that the Boomers did not realize what they were
doing to future generations and possibly we wouldn't be living the way we
are today. Yet the Boomers feel that "X-ers" are indifferent to their
surroundings and that they need to be more aware to build a constructive
future. They could not be more false in their entirety. Generation X has
become very aspiring and are on their way to making the future a better
place to live, for ...

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