By every metric that I can think of, my gen Y son is doing better financially than I did at his age. Maybe I should take credit for teaching him to be such a go-getter... no, that’s not right, we both had similar jobs at that age. Maybe I should blame my parents generation for not making sure I was more ahead... they were “real” boomers afterall so that means they were evil.

Really, though, I think circumstances and standards are so different it’s hard to compare. What the greatest generation, boomers, gen x, millennials and gen y consider important are just different.

Please though, I don’t care what gen you are in, just show up on time.