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Forget the norm. Pick an area which you enjoy, hone your craft and the rest becomes irrelevant.

If you're good at (coding|managing|leading|motivating), it won't matter how young or how cheap others are. You'll be better.

Disclaimer: I'm 25. What the heck do I know?

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I partially agree with the first part of your comment. But I will add that as you progress in life, you encounter a different kind of complexity which has impacts on what you can do and and what you like. Things change. What was once fascinating no longer is. What you knew once is now obsolete and hence you have to sort of start again but at the same time you realize you are may be more risk averse than you used to be. Perhaps for the right reasons. In any case change is a constant in life and the crux of the question is how best to adopt it without obliterating your existing world.

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