38 year old male, lived all over the country, currently in Delaware. Started out doing stockroom, receiving, and warehousing jobs at age 17, no high school diploma, all mininum wage or close enough to it. Got laid off end of 2008 when the recession hit and went to school; got my GED and my AA. Started working again in 2011 while finishing my AA, same type of work, before moving on to security, which I did while getting my BA and during law school.
Graduated law school in 2016 and got a job as a law clerk working for a trial court judge. Got into a law firm in 2017 and have been there ever since, doing workers' compensation defense. Made partner in summer of 2021, and then equity partner in summer of 2022.
It has been an absolutely wild ride, and I am super proud of my progression. I grew up very poor, and I often wonder what my parents would think of my success (they died a year apart when I was in law school). Can't wait to see what the next 20 years look like.