
Recently Deloitte made the Global Survey<sup>[1](#additional-reading)</sup> which explores the views of more than 27,500 Millennials and Gen Zs about their stress level, attitude towards remote work, individual responsibility, pandemic, and other topics.

In the article, I'd like to share some most important insights into the survey and my opinion about them because understanding the views of our generation regarding different topics might help to understand the direction we are going to go.

## Table of contents

- Part 1. [Remote 2.0 (The changing nature of work)](#remote-20-the-changing-nature-of-work)
- Part 2. [Decentralization](#decentralization)
- Part 3. [Stress and Personal Anxieties](#stress-and-personal-anxieties)
- Part 4. [Individual Responsibility](#individual-responsibility)
- [Additional Reading](#additional-reading)

## Remote 2.0 (The changing nature of work)

The survey among 27,500 respondents shows that 2/3 of millennials and Gen Zs would like to have an option to work remotely. I must admit that I personally also notice the tendency across a lot of IT specialists on social networks, conferences and discussions started to speak about challenges and opportunities that remote work brought to us. As you can see from the charts below respondents say that remote work relieves their stress and enables a better work/life balance.

![Survey on remote working](/images/blog/remote-chart.png)

Although remote work has some challenges (going to write about it in near future, so [subscribe](https://t.me/oganisyancom) to blog to stay tuned ^\_^), I think the post-pandemic world is going to be remote-friendly and need to start to bring some best-practices how to resolve issues like asynchronous chatting, online meetings, human communication, etc.

At the same time, companies like Twitter announced that they are going to have remote-first (keeping office spaces too) approach even after pandemic so in near future we might have examples of remote-friendly environments even among companies with more than 4 thousand employees.

This is the challenge for a lot of businesses because now they should change their management practices. And if in "previous" world it was easier to have things done just because humans are able to self-organize, in remote-first environment companies will face issues connected to their processes and management.

## Decentralization

Past decades have created centralized environments near big cities like New York, Moscow, Shanghai, and regions like Silicon Valley. It makes impossible for us to live outside of the big cities and work with the best companies, universities and on the projects. Hence people started to leave small countries and towns and the difference between the strongest of the world and others. Employers also face issues connected to abnormal salaries and competition among specialists in those big cities and regions. Companies are also unable to reach the best professionals because of the territorial location (and vice verse).

For now, the survey shows that more than half of respondents would prefer to live outside of a major city in case of opportunity to work remotely. And if businesses start to give such an opportunities I guess in the near future we are going to see the decentralization of the world and tons of specialists, companies, and universities all over the world will be able to cooperate.

## Stress and Personal Anxieties

Another important topic is stress and anxieties. Survey shows that almost 50% of all millennials and Gen Zs facing daily stress and the main reasons for anxieties are family welfare, financial future and job/career prospects, social networks (FOMO), and many others. In my opinion, one of the main tasks of Gen Z is to improve the ways we handle our stress in the world where one needs to consume more information that he can ever handle.

![Stress and Personal Anxieties](/images/blog/stress.png)

For now, I'd recommend to read more about [concentration and flow mode](top-apps-for-concentration/) and try to apply them into daily life.

## Individual Responsibility

Events across the whole world: debates regarding constitutional changes in Russia, #blacklivesmatter movement in the USA, and many others showing us that people in the post-pandemic world are started to realize the importance of individual responsibility. People started to sympathize with the needs of others and most importantly the needs of themselves.

The chart below shows that a lot of people were inspired to make positive changes in their life after the pandemic.

![Personal Responsibility](/images/blog/responsibility.png)

Sadly, we still need tragic events like COVID-19 to start thinking on topics like individual responsibility, sympathy and wishes to change the environment that we live in. Anyway, I hope that at least these events will make us be more responsible for our lives.

### Additional Reading

Below you can find a link to the actual survey. I'd recommend to give some time and explore it.

Source:
[Deloitte Millennial and Gen Z survey](https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/millennialsurvey.html)


In the article, I'd like to share some most important insights of the Deloitte's survey which explores the views of more than 27,500 millennials and Gen Zs and my opinion about them.

The changing nature of future


As a lifelong learner and explorer, I noticed similar patterns in
studying and mastering skills among my students, mentees, and colleagues.
I divided the learning path into 5 levels: from newbie to expert.

_Note_, all numbers are relative and are subject to change.

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## Level 1 <ColoredTag>Newby</ColoredTag>

People, who heard about the skills, and profession but have no idea how
hard it's going to be and how to learn stuff. During this period, people
don't have any valuable information. But if they are interested, it's really easy to jump into the next round.

| Learning time | Information Source               | Cases |
| ------------- | -------------------------------- | ----- |
| 0-1 month     | Gossips, Youtube recommendations | 0     |

## Level 2 <ColoredTag>Beginner</ColoredTag>

If the interest was high enough then one might decide to dive deeper
and find some books or courses. During this period, it's very important
to find the right courses or mentors to follow, give plenty of time to learning to learning
and start completing as many projects as possible.

And if your desire is strong enough to get through the difficulties, you become
specialist and start earning money with the skills you have.

| Learning time | Information Source      | Cases                                                 |
| ------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| 6-12 months   | Courses, Books, Mentors | A few educational projects, maybe 1 real life project |

### Dunning-Kruger Effect for Beginners

Many people stop improving during this stage because they believe they know enough.
That's where they stop getting better and
stuck on the same job for 30 years.

> The Dunning-Kruger effect is a type of cognitive bias in which people believe they are smarter and more capable than they are. Essentially, low-ability people do not possess the skills needed to recognize their own incompetence.

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## Level 3 <ColoredTag>Specialist</ColoredTag>

During this period, people already understand the field, what they are capable of.
They usually can prepare roadmap with the help of mentor and execute it.
Most of people earn enough money and can afford themselves to retire from _growth_
(which is completely okay. Please, don't torture yourself).

_Note,_

- Some people reach this stage too quickly without rest and get burned out.
- Only a few percent of people continues to give enough time and energy to become master.

| Learning time | Information Source                                  | Cases |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| 2-5 years     | Confs, Professional literature, Colleagues, Mentors | 3-10  |

## Level 4 <ColoredTag>Master</ColoredTag>

Masters are wise enough to start making projects with the help of other people (their team),
they have enough skills in the field and starting to become better as managers.

A lot of masters become managers and don't use their skills directly, but help other people to get better.

| Learning time | Information Source                                   | Cases |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| 5-10 years    | Analyzing Field, Colleagues, Professional literature | 30+   |

### Impostor Syndrome for Masters

Masters are prone to impostor syndrome. Use the (following)[#level-5-coloredtagexpertcoloredtag]
charts to understand your actual level and stop torturing yourself.

> Impostor syndrome, also known as impostor phenomenon or impostorism, is a psychological occurrence in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud.

## Level 5 <ColoredTag>Expert</ColoredTag>

You know them, the people who change the way we understand things:
Roger Federer, Leo Messi, The Beatles, etc.

People put their lives to reach this level.

| Learning time | Information Source               | Cases                        |
| ------------- | -------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| 10+ years     | Generates information for others | At least 1 worldwide project |

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## Overview

| Level                                           | Information Source                                   | Cases                        |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| <ColoredTag>Newby</ColoredTag> (0-1 month)      | Gossips, Youtube recommendations                     | 0                            |
| <ColoredTag>Beginner</ColoredTag> (6-12 months) | Courses, Books, Mentors                              | Educational projects         |
| <ColoredTag>Specialist</ColoredTag> (2-5 years) | Confs, Professional literature, Colleagues, Mentors  | 3-10                         |
| <ColoredTag>Master</ColoredTag> (5-10 years)    | Analyzing Field, Colleagues, Professional literature | 30+                          |
| <ColoredTag>Expert</ColoredTag> (10+ years)     | Generates information for others                     | At least 1 worldwide project |


As a lifelong learner, I noticed similar patterns in studying and mastering skills among my students, mentees and colleagues. Here is my gradation of learning levels.

🙋‍♂️ Learning path


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2022 is a year of sabbatical and awareness.

Here's the small review of my year. ⤵️

## Table of contents

- [Timeline](#timeline)
- [Statistics](#statistics)
- [Book of the year](#book-of-the-year)
- [Application of the year](#application-of-the-year)
- [Movie of the year](#movie-of-the-year)
- [TV-show of the year](#tv-show-of-the-year)
- [Course of the year](#course-of-the-year)
- [Achievement of the year](#achievement-of-the-year)
- [Image of the year](#image-of-the-year)

## Timeline

Here's the small timeline of things I've achieved during the year.

<Timeline2022 />

## Book of the year

Scott Adams's ["From 0 to 1"](https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4)
"How to fail at almost anything and still win big" is a must read if you
are in search of meanings.

Scott tells the story of his life and struggles: starting from the bottom till
setting up the life he enjoys.

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See other great books I read:

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## Movie of The Year

You might think that [King Richard](https://www.netflix.com/am/title/81252357)
is just a tribute to Williams's sisters journey and nothing more.

I just ask to not judge a movie by its cover and give it a try.

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Beautiful story of struggles and dreams of Williams family and surely Will Smith's genius is going to make you speechless after watching.

#### Other recommendations:

- Coda
- Amsterdam
- The Northman

[See the list of all movies I watch on LetterBox](https://letterboxd.com/vre2h/films/diary/)

## TV-Show of the year

Wednesday by Netflix is a new take on an old story seasoned with a subtle humor.

Fascinating camera work and marvelous Jenna Ortega playing the role of a young sociopath is just another level of art.

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#### Other recommendations:

- House of the Dragon
- Ted Lasso

[See the list of all tv-shows I watched on MyShows](https://myshows.me/m/Vrezh10)

## Course of the year

[Жопа](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfT6YSH545mZSq5OuGdBsYrUsAhGGHEhQ)
by Evan Zamesin is definitely the course of the year for me.

I think 2022 doesn't require much of a description. It's just a Жопа.

## Achievement of the year

Driver License.

- Theory

  Just take [varord.am's](https://varord.am) course. It has everything you need to prepare.

- Driving

  Just practice and avoid fastdrive's course. Their drivers are qyart and sexist.

## Memory of the year

Leo Andrés Messi. World Cup. Qatar.

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## Image of the year

<h3> Sevan (Shorzha). 6am. Me.</h3>

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My year in a review in different categories: books, articles, tv-shows, memories, achievements, applications, etc.

🧘‍♂️ Awareness matters

table of contents

why

rest

faq

how to

applications

videos (bloggers)

books

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