I was 26 when I started - somewhere in the middle. Did A-levels, then a one-year foundation course, then a four-year degree (Scottish Master's), then two years working, then a one-year Master's, then straight into a PhD. I am older than the median age in my cohort, but somehow got there without having ever spent very much time outside of education...

Working from home is just so much...nicer, isn't it? Sometimes that feels like one of the big privileges of being a PhD student - not having to sweat it out in a big office or other institutional building. I think I've developed a bit of a phobia now about going into college, however. Fear of a run-in with my supervisor, or just another PhD student (y'know, one of those ones who just 'loves every minute of it'). I'm happy working at home now, but it may well make the transition to Proper Working Life all the more traumatic eventually.