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[quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on how ambitious you are and what career path you want. If you want to rise to a leadership position, you need to seek out slightly more experienced peers on that path and learn from them. You need to find ways to stand out and to get in front of leadership. Similar to high school or college, opportunities compound. If you are picked for a special project and you do a good job, you get picked for the next one. If you are pegged as a top performer you will be mentored and sponsored, which helps you be a top performer.

I’m a senior exec at a consulting firm and so have people who report to me who are older and more experienced than I am - but they either never sought out different roles or just didn’t know how to get those roles. There are people I work with in their 30s and 40s who are not managers and probably never will be. I recently promoted a woman who wanted to be promoted for 10 years! But she literally never told anyone and no one asked her until her manager left and I stepped in. She thought if she just worked hard and did a good job, she’d be promoted eventually. She was also shocked when I explained she would need to take on additional responsibilities along with the promotion. I am not sure why no one ever counseled her or worked with her, but she is not an anomaly. In the first 5-8 years of your career you will establish a reputation and the opportunities and promotions will flow from that.

Find a few trusted people in your org - a peer, a level above you and someone your boss’s level - and develop a relationship so you can learn from them the best way to navigate your org. What’s normal in some companies may be pushy and annoying at another. [/quote]

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