Very very very pessimistic.
I dont know any age who feel they will make it. I certainly don't expect to be able to retire, or have Social Security.
I came into the workforce in 2008, right at the big leap into the depression. They say that your very first starting salary will impact the rest of your life, so getting paid 50%-60% what your colleagues made just 2 years prior is depressing and i feel that a lot of my peers, including myself, are quite angry.
I remember having to refrain from yelling at the poor TCU volunteer who called me up asking for a donation within a year of graduating. A lot of my peers who had the financial ability saw the job market was abysmal, and stayed in for grad school as a shelter while everything blew over.
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Millennials - What are your thoughts?
How optimistic are you about your financial situation/future? Did the financial crisis permanently change the way you think about your future?
This is the intro from the article linked below. I have mixed feelings about the message/tone of the article.
"Millennials are either impressively optimistic or blissfully ignorant.
More than a quarter of them expect to become millionaires in their lifetimes—even as 46 percent of them still live at home with their parents."
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