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Millennials didn’t have to do anything or worry about anything at all with Y2K. I’m an older millennial and we were barely of working age.
Living through, not working through.
There was constant reports about how disastrous it was going to be if it wasn’t fixed. That puts some strain on people. I remember thinking that it didn’t matter what I did for a job if everything collapses.
I still remember the hype about it, and wondering if something would actually happen. I was 12 and sleeping over at my friends house on NYE. We were all a bit excited to see what midnight would bring.