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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Exactly this.

I'm not as old as you, but my 30s are soon to be in my rearview mirror, and last time I blinked, I was still in school.

Now I'm mentoring people who were the same age I was when I got started working. Fuck.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Them: "How do I get to your place in my career?"

Me: "What do you mean?"

Them: "You... Have the position I want eventually. What did you do?"

Me: "Well. 20... No that cant be right... I mean... Yeah... 20 years ago... I graduated college... Then uhh. I'm... Uh..."

At this point either you make up some bullshit or you say it's just experience. Then you realize what a midlife crisis is and wonder if you are having one which like like 20% of the definition of a midlife crisis.