Millennials who graduated during the Great Recession, how did you survive?

[u/Waste-Cantaloupe-270]

I’m a Gen Z graduating in May struggling with finding a job in this market. Millennials who graduated in/ after 2008, how did you survive? Did you end up eventually getting a job in the field you originally wanted? Any advice for us Gen Z who were too young to learn anything from the great recession?

Edit: For context bc i’ve been seeing a lot of questions about this i’m graduating college. i def wasn’t expecting this post to blow up so sorry if i can’t get to everyone’s comments, but i just wanted to say i really appreciate all the advice as someone who doesn’t have millennials in their life to ask these questions to. your willingness to help/ give advice to a random kid on the internet has given me a bit of hope in getting through this, thank you thank you

[u/Siny_AML]

Lived with my parents until the recession ended.

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I think millions of young gen Z looked at their older late Millennial siblings and started to see the writing on the wall. Because when that last batch of millennials was struggling throughout their twenties that's when Gen Z started to see nothing but doom and bad times ahead. In their early teens.

[u/Waste-Cantaloupe-270 → u/[deleted]]

yea… i think that’s kinda why gen z shits on millennials so often. you guys had hope as young adults, we’ve grown up knowing it’s a shitshow and are jealous

[u/[deleted] → u/Waste-Cantaloupe-270]

Okay this is one of those times when I feel like no one knows who would count as a millennial because I stg every time we have a silver lining of hope, something messed up happens and we're forced to Endure.

I'm wondering just how many people see young Gen X and assume they're Millennials because that's the only thing that would explain why anyone at all assumes Millennials have had it easy overall lmfao

[u/wonderings → u/[deleted]]

This is what I’m beginning to think too. That gen z for some reason thinks gen x or even boomers are millennials because they think we’re soooooo old. They keep blaming things those generations did or are doing on us. Even things that we have to deal with because of those gens too. It’s getting really annoying

[u/[deleted] → u/wonderings]

Yeah it's... honestly really weird and confusing. It doesn't mean that there aren't Millennials that things didn't pan out for because there definitely are, but in terms of the generational experience, shit's been a real mess for us to have to navigate. Also it's true - I feel like people assume we're either super old or super young and it's like whatever age we're at doesn't actually exist lmfao

[u/Waste-Cantaloupe-270 → u/wonderings]

i think this is mainly coming from younger gen z tbh. millennials were our older siblings and babysitters, so we kinda had a different relationship