Imagine being 23 years old and worth more than a billion dollars. Pretty sweet, right?

Well, it’s sweet, but it’s anything but average.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook (better known as the website you go to at least 10 times a day while at work), has followed in the footsteps of Bill Gates as a Harvard-dropout-cum-tech-mogul. He’s the 785th richest person in the world and about to be the subject of a film written by Aaron Sorkin. Also…he’s not you.

While Mark should absolutely be commended for his achievements, it’s important to remember that not every 23 year old college dropout is the head of a huge company. Unfortunately, those of us in the “millennial” generation were raised by parents who told us we could do anything–and when we’re not already internet moguls by our twenties, we feel like colossal failures. The Mark Zuckerberg Phenomenon has us all thinking the only two possible career options are internet mogul or desolate middle manager who always gets passed over for a raise. We’re embarrassed to be assistants, ashamed to have to work up through the ranks of a company the old-fashioned way. We get angry at bosses who ask us to make copies or run errands because we’re thinking hey, I was the editor in chief of my college newspaper, so why am I not already running a major magazine by myself?

Here’s the thing about what work is like for the 99.9% of us out there who didn’t happen to start hugely popular websites: you just have to do it. No two people have the same exact career path, and rather than being bummed out that you’re still not a billionaire, be excited because you finally got your first byline or made your first huge sale. When you get promoted, allow yourself to be genuinely happy about your promotion for a sec before you move on to moping the fact that you’re not running the whole firm.

Plenty of successful people don’t get their big break until they’re 30. Or 50. So don’t kill yourself over the fact that you’re not Mark Zuckerberg yet. Feel free to look up to him as a role model, but keep some perspective. Your career’s not a sprint; it’s a marathon.