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Yes; classing herself as a have-not was the deal breaker...but she was on aloser from the moment she decided to do the interview. I can give you about a dozen examples of that type of regret thing from my life too. We all can. So, what?, big deal, cry myself a river, and so forth...

I wasn't saying Gen Y was bad. You've misinterpreted my post. I was saying that your experience with the volume of Gen Y's that are active in IP's is very distorted from the general population. I reckon if you were to stop 100 random folks in the street in various locations (100 in each...

DB, as I often say about this site; we here are living in a fishbowl of a minority of folks in Australian society. You may know a lot of GenY who own an IP in your sphere of folks, but the vast majority of people in Aus are happy to own one house at any age-group. The majority of people in Aus...

One factor always overlooked these days in terms of employment movements etc (I usually bang on about cost of labour etc as a problem) is the standard and morals and ethics of the candidates. As an employer (over 30 years on and off) one of the real problems with employing new staff is finding...

The problem is the economy today doesn't allow for many businesses to spend loads of down time training folks (other than the fast-food chains); they need folks to hit the ground running - to keep up the productivity (and profit). Everyone wants expertise and experienced staff serving them in...

I think everyone agrees with you on this. The issue with this thread is the Gen Y in question is whining about it all, and for many here who have been there, and done that; they/we/I see her whining as not seeing the forest for the trees. Many folks (same age and even much older) in the...

Buying a property at 21 is better than a large number of folks at that same age. There is always an opportunity cost to every dollar you spend. The opportunity cost of my first 15 years of working life spending is probably in the millions of lost wealth. At least she has started in the right...