The twenty-one-year-old wanted to understand our strategy. The fifty-three-year-old wanted to understand our software. Both asked better questions than most of our full-time staff.
It’s not “more years = more ready.” Sometimes it’s a different language. The Intern
Here’s a clean, engaging draft for a blog post titled . I’ve written it in a reflective, story-driven style (suitable for a career, leadership, or personal growth blog), but I’ve also included a few alternative directions at the end. The Intern We’ve all seen the movie. The one where a seventy-year-old widower, bored with retirement, shows up as a senior intern at an online fashion startup. Robert De Niro’s character, Ben, doesn’t know Slack from a slingshot. He uses a briefcase. He shows up early. He offers unsolicited—and unexpectedly wise—advice. The twenty-one-year-old wanted to understand our strategy
It’s charming. But here’s the question I’ve been turning over in my mind: It’s not “more years = more ready
It works. Not because one is smarter. Because they’re both learners .
With the fifty-three-year-old, we assumed the opposite. We gave him client calls, project ownership, and a seat at the leadership meeting by week two. We didn’t assign him a “buddy.” We figured he didn’t need one.
So here’s my slightly uncomfortable takeaway: