For people that skip colleges, it’s like skipping a generation. This is especially true when skipping colleges is not the norm in whatever environment you find

For people that skip colleges, it’s like skipping a generation. This is especially true when skipping colleges is not the norm in whatever environment you find yourself in. I started working when I was 16, most of my friends and romantic partners have been older than me. While this helped me adult faster. The downside is I find it generally hard to hangout with gen Z (lacking opportunities & cultural fit); and older folks often dismiss me because of my age (because of some preconceived notion of how age maps to behavior).