And now for a load of boring shite
Comments(4) Apparently all the people who told me that working in financials involved long hours were entirely correct. I have not even been here for a month yet, and I spent an hour at home last night finishing a report I needed for this morning, because I had training all day yesterday. Since week one I have not left at 5.30. This is of course my own doing. I plan on doing pretty well here. I have no qualms with putting in some effort to that end. I don’t want money I can’t earn.
When I started here, I realised that I was significantly younger than everyone else, and wondered if this would be a problem. Because you see, I never mentioned my age in the interview, it is not on my CV, and they didn’t ask. In England it is not only normal not to finish secondary school until 18/19, it is normal to take a year or two out before going to college, presumably because fees are not paid by the government. So logically, even if I was quite young I’d have started college at say, 19, done 4 years, and then had the year and a half+ of work experience that appears on my CV, making me around 25, at the minimum.
My mild concern was validated yesterday, when I mentioned that my birthday was just after St. Patrick’s day, and a colleague asked what age I would be. After dissembling for a minute I eventually just sheepishly told her, at which point she laughed, and said something like “You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to you know, you don’t have to make one up
Being seen as a kid? I dunno. I think the assumption that older people will treat you as a kid because you’re years younger than them is a bit, well, presumptious. I know when i worked in tecnomen there was only one guy whom i worked with that was anywhere near my age, the average age in my group would have been about 30. Decent people will treat you based on merit, those who don’t should just be disregarded anyway.
I have made no assumptions whatsoever. What I am talking about is the risk of being seen as a kid, not a certainy. I agree that its entirely possible no-one will care about my age. In fact, I hope that’s the case. Because when my birthday comes around I would like people to be aware of my actual age, certainly if they ask I’d like to tell them, and I think that I will, regardless of the outcome.
However, saying that people who judge based on something foolish should be disregarded is a bit pointless. Noble as the sentiment may be, if it matters to my boss then it matters to me however indirectly that might be. Personally, I think judging someone based on their age instead of their ability and maturity is ridiculous. But in work, my opinion, wonderful as I may regard it to be, is irrelevant. Likewise your advice to disregard people who are not “decent
Is that a dig at my blog?
That, if you are serious, was a stupid question. :) The only problem I have with your blog is that you always expect me to have read it.