I’m currently 24 (turning 25 in a few months) and I’ve been working in a corporate role at a bank for nearly three years now. Recently, we hosted an insight day where a group of students, around 16 to 18 years old, came in to learn about careers in banking. I was part of the team running the event, and while speaking with them, I had this surreal moment, like “shit, I’m one of the adults in the room now”. Without sounding corny, it genuinely feels like yesterday that I was in the same position, prepping for exams and university applications.
It really hit me how much time has flown. Sometimes, I catch myself at work and have to pause for a second just to process it, like, I’m a full-grown adult with responsibilities, part of the system I used to rely on not that long ago. It’s wild how quickly that shift happens.
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Usually about a week before each promotion… and then right back.
When you start to think that everyone else sucks at their job.
Everything feels that way. The reason you feel uneasy is that no one knows 100% what they are doing, so things are always a little off.
45 here. Veteran, former engineer and manager. Never stopped feeling like an imposter. Corporate life was never my jam. Self employed since COVID. I run heavy equipment, light construction, build stuff in my garage, handyman work, even mow a few lawns. I have never been happier.