&gt; with the proportion of the economy accounted for by solitary freelancers expected to rise<p>Am I the only one absolutely horrified by this?<p>The gig economy has never, ever interested me. I have no interest in being a freelancer. I want a nice 9-5 office job at an office park in the suburbs with strict boundaries between work time and personal time, a dependable salary, and benefits provided by my employer.<p>I don&#x27;t even care about working on interesting things as part of my career; I&#x27;d rather work on interesting projects as a side project on my own time for pure fun. I work only because I need some way to pay my bills, because I really don&#x27;t want to end up homeless. I don&#x27;t have any desire to mix paying my bills with my personal life or with anything I do for fun.<p>But I&#x27;ve never really understood Millennials, despite technically being one (born in 1984; Millennials are defined as born 1982-2004). I&#x27;ve always identified more with previous generations. &quot;Millennial culture&quot; has always escaped and mystified me.<p>Between this comment and things like the article a few weeks ago on how suburban office parks are going away (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10773865" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10773865</a>), I&#x27;ve lost hope for the future.