Discretion still matters – don’t hurt your career by sharing too much
Honestly, this is a long article, but it&#x27;s worth reading. It&#x27;s written somewhat in response to another article by a millennial wanting her older colleagues to share more.<p>Part of that is quoted in this article, including this passage:<p>&gt; Most of my new colleagues are at least 10 years my senior. Several of them have children, spouses, and mortgages. They are adults. Comparatively, I am a child.<p>This really hits home, because I&#x27;m on the flip side of this now. In my current role I&#x27;m a lead on a team and am one of the oldest team members (late 30s). Most of my coworkers are 10 years my junior, so it&#x27;s weird structuring conversations that don&#x27;t involve in-depth discussion of kids and spouses and homes and school, etc. Not that it&#x27;s all I want to talk about, but it is a pretty common place to go to when you&#x27;re talking over lunch in the cafeteria. Now more of my conversations are back in the beer, sports, and video games realm, which I also enjoy, but it&#x27;s just different.