I refuse to believe, despite gathering evidence to the contrary, that I am getting older. This being my mindset, I am perpetually astonished by the increasing youth of my colleagues. According to the Census Bureau, the median age of an American today is 38 years which doesn’t, on its face, sound extraordinary. However, what it does mean is that most of the people I work with have only experienced two recessions in their adult lives – the recession of 2007-2009 and the recession of 2020.
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