Feel so old still an analyst at 28, will get promoted associate at 29. Depresses me when I see all the kids around me being associate at 25. Is the play to jump funds to get back those years I lost ?
Except for that very happy at my current fund and overall in my life. Feel like I have everything I want except this
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It's ok I only got promoted at 35 and felt like such a loser but I got over that in therapy👍
If you don’t mind me asking, why was your start as an analyst delayed?
I studied for long and then did internships, hadn’t that many connections in finance so very hard to get my dream first job that im currently in
Do you let this determine your value and impact your feelings? You feel bad about comparing yourself to others? That‘s a much bigger issue than your age my friend.
Elon Musk was 30 when he sold PayPal for $1.5bn. Imagine if every 30 year old was miserable because of comparing themselves to him…
Just keep pushing. You care more than anybody else.
Not saying OP should feel bad but there is a meaningful difference between comparing your track to your actual peer group's average outcomes vs the literal richest man in human history.
many are there because that's what they thought they should be doing (or that's the path they were told to follow), meanwhile you're there because that's what you really want to do, so how can this be a loss?
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