I’m a millennial and think I got the perfect moment in history, school was only school no computers and MSN etc until highschool. There was no mobile phones until then too. (I mean for kids)
Consoles were still multilayer locally and there was no social media.
But we still had all the conveniences of modern life now apart from instant food delivery and streaming
I’m a millennial but must be a couple years older. Cell phones were in high school and a small handful in middle school. '08 and '14 impacted my early career years.
Larger picture than that, I am in the same field as my father. I have a “higher” level job with more responsibilities than he did at my age. I have more education. He and spouse owned a home and supported 7 kids on his salary alone. They had medical insurance that mostly covered the needs of the one kid with serious medical issues for the few years of life. I wouldn’t even consider having one kid let alone seven without a partner working and bringing in around the same amount of money as me. Any major medical issue would destroy our plans. A house as large as my parents’ would require moving to some small town where there are no jobs in my field.
Im older than you but one thing is I did 5 years of college and one year in a PhD and ended up changing careers. So my work progress was a bit stunted. I have a similar experience. My dad worked as a janitor and owned a 5 bedroom house and raised 7 kids. I often point to the family the main character from caddy shack for younger folks who may disbelieve or not understand what im talking about. Yeah with a masters and bachelors and certs and massive experience I am almost two years unemployed and so glad I did not have kids that would be in college now if I had had them.