The voices of Generation X at work.
Read what others have lived through. Add your own account of what working life promised, what actually happened, and where you are now.
The accounts
I was new, and the change I’d been brought in to make was being fought. I could see where it was coming from. I said nothing.
I told myself I didn’t have the political capital to spend. I did. It came with the job. I just never checked.
That’s editing. At the time I’d have called it judgement.
“I told myself I didn’t have the political capital to spend. I did.”Magnus
Have you lived through The Apex, the experience of life at the top of a business? That story belongs here too.
What did you think working life would be like when you started?What happened?And what do you want from it now?
A few questions for your next chapter.
What do you want to carry forward from your working life?What did the role require you to become that you can now let go of?What needs to earn money, and what needs a place in your life?What could you try before you know where it will lead?
I read every one. If I publish yours, it’s first name only. Nothing you share will be published without your permission.
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1976 to 2026.
Put in the month and year you were born and see the last fifty years at your age.
Find yourself in it