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Be humble.
Agreed with A1. Be humble, learn from them, get them to be your advocates as you progress. I’m a better consultant for it, and I’m certain some of my promotions have been in part a result of strong 360 reviews. Work is a marathon, not a sprint and after a period of time you catch up.
I left the army in my mid-20s but got my degree, a PhD, and a post doc before joining consulting. I was often 5+ years older than the person managing me.
Dinner of the more honest ones would give feedback after a month or so that "I was way better to work with than they thought I would be," because they were worried I would have an attitude or not be willing to take direction.
One thing that being an NCO, academic, consultant, and now in industry, taught me is that most quality professions are a discipline with unique skills and insights. To matter then, you need to start at the bottom and be open to learning. If you are hung up on status and hierarchy, you won't master the discipline and be successful. Just because you lead a battalion in Afghanistan doesn't mean you know how to build a discount cash flow or pitch deck.
I like this bc I needed to hear this. Fellow mid to late 30 yo consultant feeling depressed for not getting promoted after 2 years in consulting.
Nah, my managers have always treated me more like a peer. Is it possible that this could say more about you rather than them?
They took a different life path than you, nbd. Just accept it and move on. It's not their fault your mos had no transferable skills to the civilian world.
If you're in your 30s, so you'd surely seen people join the army in their mid/late 20s. Were you hanging out with 27 year old privates as an nco? The answer to this is going to say a lot about why being a 30-something fng bothers you
I did. They usually had very interesting lives before the army and I could always learn a lot from them.
Nope. Same entry level skill set. If you’re crushing it at the firm you’ll get promoted quickly and catch up with the people you consider your age peers. Thats why there are partners in their early 30s at consulting firms but zero GOs in their early 30s. Consulting firms value valuable people.
Think someone could just latmove into your MOS from the civilian side and immediately operate at the same level as someone who’d been there for 5-10 years?
Thanks everyone. Great advice.
I thought it would be annoying at first, but I let my work ethic and my quality of work do the talking.
Do a CIB check on em
And a tab check ? 😂
Separated at 31yo. Almost 40 now and most of my colleagues are a similar age now. There are a few hotshots who are quite a bit younger, but plenty my age.
I hopped around a bit. Spent time at S&. Now at a boutique.
Lots of people joining post MBA are the same age as people joining from service.
I joined my firm at 29 after 8 years in as a new grad hire. So, I was the lowest of the low. But, being as mature as I was, I developed strong relationships with my leaders all the way up to the partners — they value military experience so they don’t treat you like a normal staff — and the staff I worked with. My leadership then became my strongest advocates for early promotion. The point: it is very frustrating, but build relationships with both your leaders and fellow staff/analysts/associates — you’ll need both.