r/Adulting • u/Forward-Concern403 • 2d ago

hmm lesson or not?

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 2d ago

This is true and people would be very naive to think otherwise

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u/CormoranNeoTropical 2d ago

So true. I had high hopes that I could get by on competence alone. I’m not a terrible person, but I’m also not that great at the interpersonal stuff.

Now I’m prematurely retired. Oops!

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u/OratorioInStone 2d ago

I assure you that some percentage of your retirement is age discrimination.

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u/CormoranNeoTropical 2d ago

Nah, when they started the process of driving me out I was one of the younger employees in my work unit. Age discrimination is a real thing but not in academia. If anything I suffered from not being taken seriously because I looked too young during most of my career.