David Roepke’s article on Gen-X had some very good points, although the conclusions were “lazy,” to use the term he used throughout his article.

Computers are something that will get you ahead when you finally have a taste of reality and reach the REAL workforce (not delivering pizzas). You’ll be surprised at the motivation the “Geeks and Slackers” have when a company offers them cold hard cash.

Where they go from there is up to them and how hard they want to work.

There is one point everyone in school should understand (granted it’s not that thrilling), but you have yet to define your own generation. You are not Gen-X. Generation-Xers are people born between 1965-1976.

I assume most of you don’t remember the Bicentennial, the gasoline crisis, or actually having to wear clothes from the ’70s the FIRST time.

Those people are Generation X.

Current Gen-Xers have been in the work force for a few years and are becoming successful.

Don’t ride on their coattails unless you can name any ’80s song within five seconds of it starting.

And I’m not talking about New Kids on the Block; they were never good (unless you were born after 1976).

Steve Pulsifer

Alumnus

Computer engineering