A millennial who regrets rushing to be a manager in her 20s explains what she wishes she knew then and why it's fine to never want to be a boss at all

• Kim Elizabeth James wishes she waited until later to take on her first manager role.
• She was burned out and worried she wasn't working on her skills in a manager job in her 20s.
• Now that she's in her 30s, she loves managing and helping her team with their development.

When she was in her 20s, Kim Elizabeth James really wanted to move up to a manager role at the Australian company where she worked.