Wiser
This past August passed the 3 year mark of a company I work for. The anniversary occurred while I was on a business trip to Europe, otherwise I would have gotten wasted with several coworkers (which seems to be a tradition among the people whom actually get things done there).
It’s hard to believe when I look back. The very rapid rise (though it seemed slow at the time) that I experienced can seem somewhat daunting. At 25 I’m already single handedly making more than the average household income in Canada. I rose from a measly monkey that called people when shit broke to a Jr. Systems Engineer in the span of 10 months and from there moved to a Senior role 6 months later. It took 8 months just to land a job at all after school. I went through dozens of interviews where people said “oh, we loved your enthusiasm and your knowledge, but we’re looking for somebody older and with more experience even though we thought you’d be wonderful for the job.” I then land a job and rapidly rise through the ranks. The laughable part is that it didn’t seem all that difficult to do. Maybe I’m just well suited to the logical (and spat of creativity) required to fulfill the role I’m in.