{"id":1486,"date":"2008-03-27T08:25:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T13:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/the-video-game-generation\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2008-03-27T00:30:57","slug":"the-video-game-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/the-video-game-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Video Game Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

These definitions are from Selling Power’s Talkin’ about Different Generations<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Silent Generation<\/strong>
    \nConsisting of workers over the age of 60, these folks tend to follow traditional patterns; they take their work seriously, expect to do this job for the rest of their working life, and feel comfortable working alone, knowing that they are trusted to perform up to or beyond expectations.<\/li>\n
  2. Baby Boomers<\/strong>
    \nBorn between the years 1943 and 1964, Boomers currently comprise almost half the workforce in many organizations. They tend to be a bit more individualistic than their elders, and struggle with workaholism and work-life balance issues.<\/li>\n
  3. Generation X<\/strong>
    \nBorn from 1964 to 1981, Gen X-ers have been causing managers to run for the Maalox ever since they began entering the workforce a little over 20 years ago. Frequently more tech-savvy and resourceful than their forebears, these folks tend to value highly personal relationships, time with the boss, and the chance to explore volunteering opportunities.<\/li>\n
  4. Generation Y<\/strong>
    \nThose born after 1981 are typically lumped in the Generation Y category \u2013 they frequently make less distinction between their jobs and personal lives, and often embrace 100 percent telecommuting. Money is not their prime motivator \u2013 what they’re doing and whom they’re working with tends to excite them. A better motivator than more money for Gen Y-ers is more time off, perhaps to take a three-day weekend for an outing with friends.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ok, so those are some apt descriptions in general terms.\u00a0 However, this is the pull quote from the article (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n

    While some might be quick to attribute this “slacker” phenomenon to an increased laziness and narcissism among younger people, Nelson argues that the real increase is in the need for immediate feedback.<\/p>\n

    “From a behavioral standpoint, playing a video game, which all kids grow up on today, the amount of feedback averages 60 times a minute<\/strong>,” Nelson says. “You take the same kid who’s had years of that type of instant feedback, drop him into a job and tell him to say, ‘And do you want fries with that?’ \u2013 of course he’ll be bored out of his mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    I haven’t heard that analysis before but it certainly makes sense.\u00a0 We don’t own a game system so I am somewhat unfamiliar with them.\u00a0 These systems definitely hold sway over my 8 year old son though.\u00a0 The interaction between the game and the player is frequent so many years of this reinforcement would have some effect.\u00a0 Interesting premise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    These definitions are from Selling Power’s Talkin’ about Different Generations: The Silent Generation Consisting of workers over the age of 60, these folks tend to follow traditional patterns; they take their work seriously, expect to do this job for the rest of their working life, and feel comfortable working alone, knowing that they are trusted to perform up to or beyond expectations. Baby Boomers Born between the years 1943 and 1964, Boomers currently comprise almost half the workforce in many organizations. They tend to be a bit more individualistic than their elders, and struggle with workaholism and work-life balance issues. Generation X Born from 1964 to 1981, Gen X-ers have… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,29,11],"tags":[78,72,470,29,404],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-generations","category-team-management","tag-gen-x","tag-gen-y","tag-generation-y","tag-generations","tag-managing-gen-y"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-nY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1586,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/talkin-about-my-generation\/","url_meta":{"origin":1486,"position":0},"title":"Talkin’ About My Generation","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From BusinessWeek.com's Ten Reasons Gen Xers Are Unhappy at Work (my editing): Corporations really need Gen X\u2014folks in their 30's to early 40's, who should begin to serve as our primary corporate leaders over the next couple years. 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