This isn’t just a parody—it’s a real journey filled with unexpected turns, resilience, and growth.
For the full 24-step saga:
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Step 24: Eventually, someone will say,
“You’ve got great leadership presence.”
This is code for: you look tired, but in charge.

Step 15: Have your boss quit at the end of your first week.
Wonder if you can feed yourself on honour.
See a desperate-looking head of the software group ask if anyone will manage a team.
Feel your body raise your hand, without giving your brain a chance to think it through.

Step 13: Turn up on your first day as a trainee software engineer in a large multinational, not knowing what Control Alt Delete is.
Get looks of astonishment from fellow grads as you ask for help logging in.
Feel like a fraud already.
Spend every minute learning as much as you can.

Step 6: Meet all of your college friends 6 months after graduating, and feel like the king of all failures.
Hide the panic when they tell you about their office, career plans, and lunches in beautiful restaurants.
Bury your shame with the customary Irish cocktail of jokes and pints of Smithwicks.

Step 3: Take the first job you can find.
Yes, that job at Burger King will do fine.
Take 1 day off between your final exam and selling burgers.
Learn what it’s like to work a full-time job.
Resign abruptly after 4 weeks, once the reality of your 8-hour shifts and 4 hours of travel hits.

Step 1: Be born in Ireland where university is free.
Study Maths and Economics.
Spend 12 hours a week in lectures and 30 hours a week ‘networking’.
Join the maths team. Join the karate team — adding a few punches and kicks in case the maths doesn’t hurt your head enough.
Play a lot of music.