Garbage myth perpetuated by lazy millennials.
I'm one of you. I'm 28, working since I was 15. Started as a waiter, making 2$/hour at 16 after doing part-time summer work at 15. Moved out of my parent's house at 17. Finished public HS while working 2 part-time waiter jobs, paying rent with 1 roommate on a 1 BR Apartment in Atlanta, GA.
At 19, picked up an unpaid internship at an entry-level helpdesk outfit doing basic IT shit (fix your email, run antivirus, etc). Still working the 2 waiter jobs to pay the bills and start school.
Moved around quite a lot (locally) for 3-4 years, doing college part-time and as i could afford it, driving a 19 year old car and making ends meet.
After 4-5 years of that, 2 internships later, and finished my Bachelor's, I picked up a 16/hour permanent job as a Tier 2 helpdesk guy for the original internship outfit.
3 years later, I moved to Network Engineering after picking up my CCNA, MCSE and all the CompTIA's (A+ NET+ SEC+). Now i'm making 31/hour, still in Atlanta, i've married and will have my mortgage paid off in around 5 years for my 310,000$ home.
The whole "Economy is bad, millennials can't do it, there's no jobs, can't live on minimum wage" bullshit is just that. BULLSHIT.
Fuck you and all you fucking self-pitying shitheads. You disgust me, and you're my 'Peers'.
Have some fucking accountability for your performance and position in life.
Eat shit and die.