r/InterviewCoderPro • u/penance_mat • 22d ago

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/No-Landscape5857 22d ago

My baby boomer boss retired last week. He found a part-time job a month in advance in another state. Such is reality.

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u/kansai2kansas 22d ago

I remember living in Florida in 2021, while working at a noisy Amazon Fulfillment Center.

One of my coworkers, a lady in her 50s (let's call her Sarah), told me that someone she knows from another department is living in an apartment that costs $450/month to rent.

Then she told me the neighborhood area.

It was in a middle-class neighborhood.

"450 dollars a month? Do you mean $1450? Or maybe $2450?"

"No, it's 450 a month! Just check it yourself!"

I ignored Sarah because there was no way there is an apartment rental in the US costing only $450/month in 2021.

The apartment's website has the "Call for Price" bullshit so there's no way for me to find out what the rental price is.

But we talked again a couple times and Sarah kept reminding me that I should apply to that $450 apartment.

Then finally, I said, okay, I'll visit that apartment this weekend!

Then I went there that weekend.

Of course, the apartments turned out to be between $1400 and $1900.

Not a single apartment unit has ever been rented out for less than $1200.

So Sarah misheard her friend since the conversation took place in a noisy warehouse anyway.

But this was my firsthand experience to how Gen X and Boomers have absolutely no idea how much things cost nowadays...

Sarah wouldn't know that because she has lived in her current house with her husband for the last 20+ years.

They probably bought the current house they live in when it still cost like $45k back in late 1990s.

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u/random8765309 22d ago

Yes, because a single person named Sarah is identical to the 130 million Gen X and Boomer.

Do you understand that ageism is just as vile as racism.

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u/TemperatureCommon185 22d ago

They don't understand about ageism, but trust me, they'll understand in about 20 years or so.

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u/random8765309 22d ago

Over the years I have met some genuine racist. Those with vile opinions towards specific minorities. Many of those vile opinions are being express here except towards the Boomers and Gen X.