I disagree with a lot of the comments - and with the article point.
We should not think about taking any age seriously or not, but of the bigger picture instead, ie one's goals in life.
Unfortunately, they are not written down for you, and they can be quite hard to find.
There are various algorithm that may work, but all I see in the article and the comments are basically 2 opposite proposals :
- plan A: explore in your twenties to make sure you properly identify your goals
- plan B : commit to your career in your twenties to take advantage of compounding interest (in life as in money)
But we all know alternatives approaches - like iterating between exploration (finding a local maxima) and exploitation (taking advantage of this local maxima)
I guess it all depends if you have already found your fancy, and all longs it will take to get you bored out of it, but it seems to be a much better approach - especially if you do not ignore the money aspect of your fancies (ie starting a band might be fun, but odds of financial return are low)
Also, it seems to me a lot of the comments insist about family and children. These are individual decisions - not givens, something the author clearly stated ("if having a family is part of your life's goals").
Fortunately for men, there is no age limit (and if we keep our rate of technological progress in stem cells and differentiation into germinal lines, there is no reason why it couldn't be also possible for women)
Currently, at least for 50% of the readers, age should not be factored in - opening the door for more iteration of the explore/exploit loop, with the always present opportunity to have kids.
I guess I don't understand or I'm missing something, maybe like the preference of dating someone of a similar age (which might then impose its own preference on optimal child bearing age)
We should not think about taking any age seriously or not, but of the bigger picture instead, ie one's goals in life.
Unfortunately, they are not written down for you, and they can be quite hard to find.
There are various algorithm that may work, but all I see in the article and the comments are basically 2 opposite proposals :
- plan A: explore in your twenties to make sure you properly identify your goals
- plan B : commit to your career in your twenties to take advantage of compounding interest (in life as in money)
But we all know alternatives approaches - like iterating between exploration (finding a local maxima) and exploitation (taking advantage of this local maxima)
I guess it all depends if you have already found your fancy, and all longs it will take to get you bored out of it, but it seems to be a much better approach - especially if you do not ignore the money aspect of your fancies (ie starting a band might be fun, but odds of financial return are low)
Also, it seems to me a lot of the comments insist about family and children. These are individual decisions - not givens, something the author clearly stated ("if having a family is part of your life's goals").
Fortunately for men, there is no age limit (and if we keep our rate of technological progress in stem cells and differentiation into germinal lines, there is no reason why it couldn't be also possible for women)
Currently, at least for 50% of the readers, age should not be factored in - opening the door for more iteration of the explore/exploit loop, with the always present opportunity to have kids.
I guess I don't understand or I'm missing something, maybe like the preference of dating someone of a similar age (which might then impose its own preference on optimal child bearing age)