When you become a Working Professional in the Industry, it’s a lot easier to look backwards and notice the distance you’ve come.  You’re never somebody until you’re somebody.  But in that hindsight you notice that there were distinct phases, changes, and milestones that you had to reach to get to where you are.  At those late night smoke and shoptalk, gatherings of successful individuals, and even public interviews (Interviews are free game, by the way), the highest earners in our...