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I can confirm this. I was 20-something once. I have the blog posts to prove how arrogant I was.
by agentultra 8y ago
I can confirm this. I was 20-something once. I have the blog posts to prove how arrogant I was.
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- munchbunny 8y agoI'm months away from leaving the 20-something club, and looking back at what I wrote to myself in my journal, it's amazing how much my own views and temperament have changed in even five years. Looking at fresh college grads now, I have moments of realizing "this is how I looked to the senior members of my team." It's humbling. It's also encouraging to extrapolate that into how much more room there is to grow.
- neilv 8y agoDon't be humbled. 20yos interpret humility as weakness. :)
- nostrademons 8y agoIt's somewhat rational to do this, because when you're a 20-something fresh out of college your biggest challenge is differentiating yourself from all the other 20-somethings fresh out of college and showing that you might actually have some technical skills worth hiring you for. One way to do this is brash confidence bordering on arrogance; as annoying as it is, it seems to be more effective than meekly sending out job applications and hoping some company bites. Another way is to latch onto the things you do know and play them up for attention. When you've got a few years of experience your career progression speaks for itself (hopefully). You're differentiated because of the sequence of jobs you've held, and you can prove you can ship things because you have shipped things. 20-somethings usually don't have those luxuries.