I'm 27 now. My biggest fear is to not succeed in my career by the time I turn 40. The idea of having to give up working on my startup goals after 20 years of c

I'm 27 now. My biggest fear is to not succeed in my career by the time I turn 40. The idea of having to give up working on my startup goals after 20 years of continuous failure is in itself terrifying enough - But combine that with the fact that I might be penniless; forced to join a mega-corporation to become corporate cattle. ... In a company filled with arrogant lucky people in their 20s bossing me around. I couldn't take it. I fear the next generation. I think MY generation is already so arrogant - We severely underestimate the value of experience. I was one of the few people lucky enough to learn that lesson early though. I once worked with a lady (a software engineer) who was in her early 40s and she always said that she never really cared much about her work. She always left work on the dot. I was 21 at the time and I had been working like crazy since I was 14 but even back then it was clear that she was a much better software engineer than I was. For me, my career was the center of my life; for her, it was just a way to pay the mortgage. In spite of what the media tries to tell us; 7 years of obsessive, passionate labour is not more valuable 22 years of 'bare minimum' labour. That's how valuable time is.