8 lessons I learned from being a manager in my 20s

I didn't think I wanted to be a manager. Now I love it.

I never wanted to become a manager, mostly because the very word inspires visions of someone uptight, old, out-of-touch, and - shudder - corporate, ie. nothing like the cool, edgy writer image I’ve been striving for since I was in my teens.

But here’s the thing about work: if you’re good at your job, you’re going to move up the ladder. And in journalism…