Originally Posted by Unregistered

I also joined in late twenties. Based on my past 12 years exp, I can say it's pretty common to see younger colleagues to promote same time or even sooner than you. This is due to the fact that 1st promotion is always automatic within certain time-frame (e.g. 1-3 yrs), 2nd one is semi-auto. Taking longer term view, it will even out itself due to CEP system. Assuming same CEP, your increment will happen in larger quantum in later stage while your peers' salaries will face stagnation, as they're approaching ceiling.