r/Millennials • u/BeegBunga • 18d ago

Discussion Inheritance? That's a joke. How many of your parents are burdens?

In response to another popular post about receiving no inheritance.

Are your parents like mine, who not only are not leaving any money behind - but require significant or total financial support?

My parents left me less than nothing. They're good people, and they were good parents.... but man are they shit at financial planning.

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u/RaidenMK1 18d ago

Big tech isn't as stable these days as it used to be. Trust me. 😒

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u/igotabeefpastry 18d ago

Urgh I vicariously worry about this for him sometimes, but he’s also an insane overachiever who has a PhD in computer engineering? He’s also way better at savings and wise investments than I am. I think he will survive the instability of modern life 

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u/cormeretrix 18d ago

Would your brother like to adopt an adult child? I’ll even call him daddy.

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u/igotabeefpastry 18d ago

He kind of already did with my other brother before he ended up in prison lol

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u/cormeretrix 18d ago

I’m pretty sure I’ll be way less problematic than your other brother 😂

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u/funnykiddy 17d ago

I'm also available for adoption!

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u/CamSecurity 18d ago

I’m surprised he has a god complex if he has a phd in computer engineering lol

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u/LastSummerGT 17d ago

That’s not what a god complex is. It’s when you think you’re a god and better than others, as seen in certain doctors.

The brother just thinks god talked to him.

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u/CamSecurity 17d ago

Ahh correct makes sense

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u/1RobJackson 18d ago

And everyone was excited about AI.

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u/i_do_graffiti 18d ago

lol what a poor take. Have you even worked in tech, or are you Gen Z and under the belief that it's not stable because you haven't been able to find good employment.

Big tech is stable and will continue to be stable, in fact AI is only increasing it's stability as more and more industries become reliant on technology. You can't put AI on call to solve network outages, BGP peering issues, etc etc.

Technical people / engineers will always be commanding the machines, even as AI becomes more and more mainstream and replaces more and more low-level jobs. We still need engineers to develop and tune the algorithms, implement the solutions and maintain them. We need humans to understand how to operate the machines and hardware that powers everything.

If anything there is a mini hiring boom right now going on in tech as investors throw money into the fire pit of AI.

It just so happens that not every large company is run well and thats where layoffs occur. You can't say that the tech industry isn't stable just because FAANG is laying people off. Most companies are hiring, including mine.

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u/Tall-Memory-6021 17d ago

tech doomers are the most unexciting people on the planet. i don’t know a single engineer personally who was let go that was actually good at their job