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Exactly.
I am 2 years behind career-wise due to the recession. While other people who graduated a year or two before me are qualified for senior-level positions, I am stuck with dead-end opportunities that don't expand my skill set.
Luckily I don't plan to be an employee for life, but if I did want to be a company woman I'd be screwed.
This article makes a lot of broad statements without citing statistics.
We 20-somethings ARE growing up, the process just looks different due to a combination of technology and a slow economy. I bet that as we grow older, we will adopt many of the practices that people older than us (the type of people who write articles like this) should have been practicing; i.e. fiscal responsibility.
20-somethings experienced 9/11 during our teens, a time when most people feel invulnerable. At the same time, we've seen the transformative power of technology. I'm old enough to remember booting up DOS from a c-prompt, but young enough to see a world of limitless opportunities. Cautious, but optimistic.
In other aspects of life, we will be measured and thoughtful about our choices. Rushing into commitments simply because we've reached a certain age isn't smart. What isn't mature about taking time to understand why you want to get married, have kids, or commit to a career path?
There will always be people who can't handle pressure or who are just lazy.
Why are so many people equating math with programming with science? There might be some bleed between the subjects, but Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, none of these strike me as requiring particularly high level math skills.