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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes old people like boomers and Genx were able to do this however nowadays everyone has advance degrees and internships after college so it's not likely anymore [/quote]

Also because younger people getting degrees delay their careers makes it harder.

I am a Boomer and my brother and I started our careers at 18. I worked a major bank 18-19 as a full time employee, 19-22 a second major bank, 22-23 a third smaller bank post college in a mgt. training program then a fourth large investment bank managing a team of people from 23-27 then a really great job at 28. By 28 I had 10 years work experience and 5 complained on resume.

My brother did same and by 29 he was managing 40 people at a VP at Morgan Stanley with 11 years in resume.

Boomers worked through college, did not go away to school and did MBA at night.

I worked one complaint my 36 year old boss was 20 years at company. She started at 16 part time and worked up way up to VP by 36 and did college while working part time.

No one wants to work that hard anymore and I don’t blame them.

I even worked at a company we had a 50th anniversary employee who was only 64 she started part time at 14!! DCUM is full of lawyers who start work at 24 and retire at 55.

Look at the CEO of GM who is 61 she is there 43 years. Takes a long time to go from assembly line to CEO. [/quote]

Are you kidding? No bank is hiring an 18 year old let alone 16 year, even for a teller position it’s dicey. Definitely not promoted to VP without a college degree — and not the kind you can get part time.

Boomers had it easier because there was huge discrimination which winnowed the potential candidates significantly; it’s more level now or at least try to appear so take into consideration education and experience.

Trust me, working as a banker in the 60s was WAY WAY easier than college today. [/quote]

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