August 22, 2022

Milestones to achieve by age 30

Here’s everything you need to do in order to thrive (and not just survive) in the social sector.

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Image that says "By the age of 30 you should be able to write 50-page reports that repurpose the previous quarter’s impact data in new ways."-nonprofit humour

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Image that says "By the age of 30 you should have a love–hate relationship with work-related travel."-nonprofit humour

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Image that says "By the age of 30 you should be using the term ‘disruptive’ at least once a day."-nonprofit humour

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Image that says "By the age of 30 you should either have all of the answers or none of the answers to solving global inequality."-nonprofit humour

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Image that says "By age of 30 you should spend every  in development studies is the answer to your existential crisis."-nonprofit humour

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Image that says "By the age of 30 you should have seen global governments setting (and failing to achieve) ambitious net-zero targets at least twice."-nonprofit humour

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Image that says "By the age of 30 you should be able to fill out donor compliance documents in your sleep."-nonprofit humour

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Image that says "By the age of 30 you should have contemplated crossing over from the social sector to the corporate sector at least thrice."-nonprofit humour

See more things you should achieve ‘By the age of 30’ here.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Tanaya Jagtiani-Image
Tanaya Jagtiani

Tanaya is a writer and content manager at Noora Health. She was previously an editorial associate at IDR, where she managed Failure Files, in addition to writing, editing, curating, and publishing content. Tanaya holds an MSc in Globalisation and Development from SOAS, University of London and a BA in Sociology from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

Cincy Jose-Image
Cincy Jose

Cincy Jose heads editorial operations at IDR. She is involved in people, partnerships, and process management, and the projects she has led include setting up IDR Hindi, the multilanguage feature on IDR English, and IDR Answers–the first AI-powered search and analysis engine built to answer questions about social impact in India. Prior to entering the development sector, Cincy spent seven years in the publishing industry holding key editorial positions at Juggernaut Books and DK Books India. She has a master’s and bachelor’s in English literature from Miranda House and Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.

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