Will Wiebe, Operations Manager
Me and My Job
Youth barrier
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"Definitely one barrier being in the mid-to-higher management that I'm in right now, is the age.
"I often feel and it's been explained to me that when I walk into a meeting room, you're already two pegs down on the ladder, you are the underdog, which I don't mind sometimes, because I like being the underdog. By the time you leave that room, you have to be on an equal playing field with everybody in that room, they're 40 to 60 years old, it doesn't matter.
"Yes, you see that I'm young; however, let's put that on the side and let's focus on the task on hand."