Oldtimer / Newcomer

I heard a statement the other day that is, for those of a certain age, remarkably accurate:  “Sometimes I feel like an old-timer and a newcomer at the same time”.

There comes a point in a career trajectory – particularly if you haven’t significantly changed industry or specialty – when you realise you’re no longer the newcomer or the ‘young’ one.  There’s a point – I think it’s around age 45 – where you’re no longer *looking for* information, but also *looked to* for information.

But some (perhaps many, these days) keep taking on new work, new tasks – and that’s where the old-timer/newcomer collide.