I graduated college in 1985. Switched my major from chemical engineering to computer science because the oil industry had gone bust in Texas. Then I moved to Silicon Valley.
I didn’t know a sole in California when I moved there. I was a single young lady. My dad almost died the year I graduated from college from complications from a heart valve replacement surgery. Then my mom had a mental breakdown. My older brother had cancer. I really was on my own.
Sounds like some tough personal circumstances not tied to any particular generation or subgeneration.
+1 for both Chem Engineering and Computer Science. 🙂