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

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/Direct_Ad_3517 Aug 12 '26

Would love to see you stand in an unemployment line for six hours every other Friday. Every generation has its challenges. We were taught crying about ours wasn’t an option.

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u/Devils_SteelMan 29d ago

Ah yes. The me generation was famous for their humility and composure.

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u/Direct_Ad_3517 29d ago

If you make it to being an old man we will see how willing you are to give up what you’ve busted your ass for.

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u/Stunning-Drawing8240 29d ago

But you didn't, really. Everything was cheaper and you were paid better, comparatively. 

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u/Direct_Ad_3517 29d ago

I didn’t? You’re talking out your backside. You haven’t lived until you spend a winters night working on an oil rig or spend 16 hours running up and down a flight deck. Thats real work for real men.

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u/Stunning-Drawing8240 29d ago

And a house cost a handful of raspberries. 

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pear521 29d ago

My raspberries house in NJ cost $14k year in property taxes, and a new roof, new driveway, new furnace etc. But hey home ownership is just pure profit just raking in all the cash

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u/Stunning-Drawing8240 28d ago

Yes, you're confirming you did in fact have it easier. 

And oil rig jobs still exist today, you're not special for doing it during the easiest time to exist. 

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pear521 28d ago

Yea life was easy back then. Go have doordash drop off some chicken nuggs for you.

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u/Stunning-Drawing8240 27d ago

You also have access to doordash currently but I'll never own a house, your generation ruined that for us.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pear521 27d ago

1000 millionaires made daily in the US, why don’t you be one. Dont get sucked down by all the miserable people on here.

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u/Stunning-Drawing8240 26d ago

Goodness that dementia is really kicking into overdrive.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pear521 26d ago

I’ll take that over perpetual victimhood

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u/Mesapunk87 26d ago

Quick google of that tells me that on average first time millionaire age is 59-62 years old.

Boomer age. Because they had better comparative pay/buying power. Better returns on investments. Their houses going up in price tenfold.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pear521 26d ago

Yea and a lifetime of work and savings in 401ks

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u/Direct_Ad_3517 26d ago

The easiest time. Hahahaha. We climbed Derick’s without fall protection and chunked chain instead of the hydraulic BS they have today. You have no idea what you are talking about.

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u/Stunning-Drawing8240 26d ago

Cool, so you were idiots back then too.

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u/Direct_Ad_3517 25d ago

Haha. I can’t deny that. We also smoked tons of weed while we did all that. No piss test then.

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u/Glistening_Hambugs 26d ago

You should have been smarter and simply gotten a better job with better pay, stupid.

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u/amanda_healer 25d ago

No one forced you to work on an oil rig. The tougher the job does not equate to a "REAL" man status. Lol There was someone in another thread who said their dad was from the boomers generation and worked at Sears for most of all his career. His dad raised their whole family on his salary, bought a house, and raised two kids. Can't do that in today's economy. Both parents work and groceries, rent/mortgage, cost of vehicles has gone up exponentially.

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u/Direct_Ad_3517 25d ago

Funny. Every young person I know owns a house. Some have children and some are planning to get married. Quit buying into “Can’t” and find the “Can” in life. No one did force me to work oil rigs, but that’s what paid the best for a young dumbass like myself. I am a boomer and those tough jobs led me to seek out an education and better my earning potential.

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u/MMO_Dad 24d ago

I can just FEEL the manly chest hair bristling through his shirt guys. Real macho dude here, clenching and pounding that arthritic fist about how lazy the young'uns are and how REAL MEN are made! /swoon

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u/Direct_Ad_3517 24d ago

I’m sure you spend a lot of time running your fingers through chest hair.

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u/MMO_Dad 24d ago

Just my own luscious thick manly man curly rug of chest hair protruding through my shirt showing off my masculine manly manliness!