This is the most impressionable, malleable and formative stage of your professional career.
Flower bud differentiation of Rosa rugosa CV. 'Plena' begins in the formative stage of the mixed bud growth process.
Baby Einstein is jokingly referred to as "baby crack" : it entertains babies and stops them crying, but is it safe at such a formative stage?
It's still in its formative stages.
Han and Jin periods are not only the formative stages of Literature, but also the transitional and prosperous days of the development of Chinese education.