Spot on. Kids today think they are entitled to start life at the level of comfort enjoyed at home. They have no concept of hard work. They don't understand that it takes time and demonstrated ability to get those promotions and pay raises.
My first home was an 880 sq ft, 2br, 1ba condo over the top of 4 carports. It cost me $32000 in 1978. I sold in in 1983 and took the meager appreciation as a down payment on a 4 br, 2ba 1334 sq ft house. That was home until 2001 when I sold it and purchase a 3 br, 2 1/2 ba 3900 sq ft house. It doesn't happen overnight.
After grad school, I studied for a First Class Radiotelephone license and RADAR endorsement. That license allowed me to work for $4.75 per hour on tuna boat electronics and base stations. Not great pay for a college grad. I even had to join IBEW Local 569 for the privilege of working in the ship yard. I earned pay raises that ended up at $9.10/hr in 1980. I had 180 tuna boat owners who specifically requested my assignment to do the work on their equipment. As the "dolphin safe" attack took its toll on the tuna fleet, the owners had trouble paying bills. I moved on to Pacific Telephone. It took 2 years of persistent application and repeat calls to Pacific Telephone to get that job. The CPUC forced hiring freezes on Pacific Telephone in those days. You had to be patient and ready to make the jump when the money was available to hire. The happy day was April 21, 1980.
Pacific Telephone took me on for $19,000 per year in 1980. I stayed with them until 1991. I left making $60,000 plus bonuses after 4 promotions. My current employer hired me at the same level in 1991 and has more than doubled my annual income since that time. Working 50 to 80 hour weeks is part of the reason they don't mind paying me at that level today.