The ABCs of Gen Y

摘要

I'm part of Generation Y. I text message and use MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and e-mail to keep in touch with nearly all of my friends. I am also a minority in the manufacturing industry. (Under the broadest definition, Gen Y encompasses those who are now from 14 to 31 years old.) Am I a minority because I'm young? Yes, but it's not just that-I'm also a woman who has worked in this industry for almost 6 years. My job in marketing at grinding machine builder Rollomatic Inc. was my first real job out of college. 1 had no family members in the metalworking industry, no background in manufacturing and no knowledge of cutting tools or machine tools. (I initially thought Rollomatic made skylights!)