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>>21895694
That's a fair point. There's no doubt that competence supplemented by youth is an ideal trait. However, I can anecdotally attest to the fact that now, at 30-31, I started something new with a reputable firm and was told less than two months by one of the founding partners that I'm the best employee they've ever had. Attached is a text message from said Partner.

I feared "starting over" at 31, 32, 33 - there are people ten years younger than me in the same position. But I think youth is a characteristic as much as it is a number, and to 60-year-old men in positions of power, we're all babies, anyway.

I firmly believe that nothing defines us other than the work we want to put in. That level of perseverance coupled with an intelligent and creative mind creates a path for one to be the exception to any rule.