GenZ software engineers, according to older colleagues | Hacker News
I was trying to figure out why Los Angeles feels so different. It's not just that a lot of rich people moved out, it's that the middle class don't live there anymore. All these neighborhoods are now super expensive so it sucked families out, and with them the teenagers that…
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn)
I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking of my undergraduates as “kids.” But here is what I’ve seen them do in the last two weeks: (1/10)
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TikTok isn't misleading the youth, mainstream media is misleading the old. pic.twitter.com/DRbfXjv6xN— onagapnotsew (@westonpagano) December 21, 2023
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i love it when people finally take the hunger games seriously and don’t dismiss it because it’s written for teens like turn it up!! https://t.co/MwbMQfWqKM— jo (@sixofsongbirds) December 2, 2023
lisatomic on Twitter / X
kids play *with* technology in a funny waylike mine just made a discord server for their made up onion-worshipping religion and put a bot in there as pastor, they're currently pretending to be little onion cult evangelists and inviting family to the server— lisatomic (@lisatomic5) November 30, 2023
Jonathan on Twitter
The children yearn for auteur filmmaking https://t.co/oD33qLykun pic.twitter.com/srW4Va1yxN— Jonathan (@jonathanmb32) October 22, 2023
lil arab on X
make it higher so i can grind harder
Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 on Twitter
Here's a familiar story. You guys heard this one before?Young idealistic people enthusiastically vote for the party that offers them progress & things they believe in.A couple of years later, they're outraged & disappointed because they've only gotten part of what they want.— Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) July 1, 2023
Joe Kennedy on Twitter
Overheard while getting a haircut“No one listens to me at Apple. If the guy who has been there for 20 years since Steve Jobs was alive says something, they win. There’s no chance for me to progress in my career until they die”— Joe Kennedy (@joekndy) June 24, 2023
Acyn on Twitter
Watters: The more education you have, the more likely you are to vote for a Democrat so he is pushing all of these young people into universities… pic.twitter.com/IvR73y4ztV— Acyn (@Acyn) June 8, 2023
romeoo on Twitter
“@itsjamiecho My theory is that you can’t systemize Gen Z marketing because Gen z makes organic , personal , user generated content hence you can only copy the same meme , viral video 1-2 until it becomes cringe or the internet already moved on away from it”
Emily Nussbaum on Twitter
I love you Gen Z, but you are wrecking your brain by labeling everything as mid, basic, cringe, problematic or sus & it will ultimately bite you in the butt, even if you are an Aquarius— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) April 30, 2023
Paul Fairie on Twitter
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Julia Black on Twitter
(2/5) Today, I got to publish what I see as the big picture around that story. 🖼️ It's about an entire movement quietly taking off in tech & VC circles of people who believe it is their DUTY to fill the earth with their genius children... to save humanity.https://t.co/fty0lhW6f9— Julia Black (@mjnblack) November 17, 2022
Clayton Cubitt on Twitter
"They're coming for every second of your life" –@boburnham pic.twitter.com/RhkYrDZbxR— Clayton Cubitt (@claytoncubitt) November 2, 2022
anna maría on Twitter
why aren’t any art nerds writing their thesis on the neo-surrealist movement currently developing on tiktok pic.twitter.com/RIwaukltB6— anna maría (@onlyannamaria) October 5, 2022
Romeen Sheth on Twitter
“I talked to a super smart 20 year old this week.
All the potential in the world, but had a major major flaw in his thinking.
This flaw is becoming the most common mistake I am seeing young people make early in their career.
Let's break it down:”
Mark Harris on Twitter
Random thought: The obsession with Harry Styles' sexuality fascinates me, because it's where a new generation's golden rule--sexuality is fluid, you can choose from dozens of identities, etc.--crashes into an older rule: Tell us who you are so we can decide what we think of you.— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) September 3, 2022