Comments on: The Interview: Heather Huhman, Gen Y Expert & Founder of Come Recommended

By: red

red — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:32:32 +0000

"Personally, the one that irks me the most is age = unqualified." I agree. But Gen Y isn't the first to experience this. This is everyone when they are young in the workforce.

The difference with Gen Y is that now managers can choose from a list of umpteen million books on how to manage them. This only further proves how coddled they are. When Gen X were grunts, do you their bosses was reading books on how to manage them? Most were told to suck it up and deal (for less money). That's just the way it is. Life isn't supposed to be fair.

Of course, most people learn that with age.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:06:11 +0000

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By: Jeff Shattuck

Jeff Shattuck — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:15:15 +0000

Damn, I meant “its”. Argh!

By: jeffshattuck

jeffshattuck — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:12:53 +0000

Interesting interview.

Like Josh, the bit I find most provocative is “age = unqualified”. I agree that age and qualification don't go together (mostly), but I do not agree at all with Josh's nugget of fool's gold, which is “You are never wiser now than when you are 60, you just have more experience.” First off, the grammar of the quote is a mess, which should make it suspect, but let's say it's basic premise is true: experience and wisdom are mutually exclusive. I say bull. Semantics is a game any bar drunk can play, but I, for one, believe words can truly mean something universal (how else could we ever communicate?) and wisdom means knowledge born of experience. You just can't be wise without having been around the block a few thousand times, and if you disagree, well, you're not very wise.

By: allenkristina

allenkristina — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:53:16 +0000

Thanks for comment Josh. I believe experience often teaches us valuable life lessons; we are bound to make mistakes but at the same time we are bound to have huge wins. Age definitely doesn't mean unqualified, just like age doesn't mean qualified. No one person is the same and no matter what age you are, you can come up with fantastic ideas and crap ideas.

By: Josh Opinion

Josh Opinion — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:30:22 +0000

“Personally, the one that irks me the most is age = unqualified.” Totally agree with this statement. This brings back a lesson a mentor gave me- “You are never wiser now than when you are 60, you just have more experience.” I think many employers overestimate the instincts and savy of a Generation who has information thrown at them at every second, that they can actively tap into that and start to form their own patterns of what works- like the example of you just accelerating the one client account like crazy. Experience is might be a key element, but there is a lot to offer when your mindset hasn't been enclosed by a corporate culture.

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