How long did it take you to get where you are in

I am currently a document specialist for a worldwide insurance company. I enjoy my job and the pay is reasonably good. My path to find my life's work was a roundabout journey. I did not know what I wanted to do when I graduated high school. I liked airplanes so I applied at a community college that had flight training. I took flying lessons (very expensive) and found out that my eyesight was not good enough to pursue that field as a career. Eye surgery was not available in the 1980's. I then took real estate courses and became a real estate salesperson for 9 years before realizing that I liked detail, behind-the-scenes work more than sales work. That started my path to office/administrative work. It was 1993, when I found a job I really enjoyed creating loan documents. When I was laid off, I worked at a large nationwide mortgage company at a call center and worked my way to become a technical writer. After more than 13 years at that company I was laid off again and joined the company I am now part of, managing hundreds of annuity documents. I love my job, but it was a process of discovery. It can take 1-2 years or it can take 10-20 years or more to get to a particular position. The key is to enjoy every step of your career path and you'll continue to move forward.

I think the secret is not the time, the secret is how well you work. If you are a hard worker and do whatever you do with passion, you will get there as soon as you think