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I can relate a bit. I'm 36 and often ask myself, what did I do? My parents had kids with 20. My father and grandfather were managers with 25. I met a bunch
by k__ 5y ago
I can relate a bit.
I'm 36 and often ask myself, what did I do?
My parents had kids with 20.
My father and grandfather were managers with 25.
I met a bunch of people who founded a company before they were 20.
Friends of mine traveled from Europe to East Asia as hitchhikers in their 20s.
Many of my fellow students work for FAANG. Two are CTOs at middle sized companies and one is even a professor at university.
In contrast to that I always feel like a slacker.
- bigpeopleareold 5y agoI had a conversation with co-workers once. The question is: Do we really want to do what our engineering manager does? I thought maybe I would want to, but as an engineering manager, he has the gravitas and attitude to do that work. I would think that I would have to do that and have been slowly gravitating towards that, but that was never my original motivation into getting into software development. Though, I think the fact that I don't have that position right now is a testament of how rather successful I am of what I originally wanted. When I was in my 30s, I felt like some colleagues had a bit more luck even for what they wanted to do: joining the right company, getting to work on the right projects. Maybe they slid into them or maybe they struggled to get the best projects. The fact is that I don't know. I never asked but it doesn't matter because I think that very few things from people are insightful enough anyway. Let's say we're successful slackers inst
- JKCalhoun 5y agoLet's talk about your other friends from high school though.
- k__ 5y agoYes, most of my high school friends have basic 9-5 jobs and even many of my fellow students dropped out without any degree.