Being exposed to social media at a young age was an education: I wasn’t surprised by being trolled on Twitter and I’m no longer tempted by Facebook adsAccording to Google’s related searches,millennials are seen as “screwed”, “idle” and “entitled”. A stock photo used to represent us will often show a 20something blogging in bed, or perhaps living the “digital nomad lifestyle – holding a laptop,hanging out in a hammock in Bali. And yet brands court us fervently, and sites like Inc.com regularly champion millennials with articles like “Why I love hiring millennials” and Managing the millennial superstar”. These two extremes are common, or particularly in the workplace. Superstar or nuisance. Love us or dislike us,for the first time it’s been possible for a younger generation to know more about technology than our bosses.
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Source: theguardian.com