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I can relate OP. I would say 31 was the year it changed for me personally. I changed jobs for a growth opportunity. In exchange, I got a bad boss and extremely demanding clients and was thrown in the deep end.
In that type of environment you sink or swim. Once the responsibility is on you, you grow up fast and have to learn to figure things out yourself.
Luckily I always observed other talented colleagues and learned from how they dealt with challenging situations, for a benchmark of how to deal with my own. And network, it's important to have people around you that you can speak with about work.
I'm 56 and still winging it. I feel like I'm in my mid 30s but the mirror says otherwise. Having kids and being responsible for a mini-me really focuses the mind, so I'd say that when you have to be responsible for somebody other than yourself is the time you step into the grown up pants.