Arka Roy
Arka Roy
Nov 3 · 1 min read

I think I was originally a bit of a prodigy but kind of plateaued.

I’m 54 now, terrified, and in beast mode. Not much is written about the journey of people who are trying to significantly up their game at this age. Sometimes I wonder if I should start doing so, maybe even here on Medium.

I don’t get a lot of encouragement from people around me. I have a rather fun interesting life, and an excellent marriage with no kids, so people keep telling to chill on this ambition thing and just focus on enjoying life outside of work.

But I feel I can go way further career-wise, and it would be a waste not to. I don’t want to “chill” or mellow.