Women compliment each other all the time. Doesn't matter if we're cis or trans, doesn't matter if we get clocked or not, it's just something we do. Not only because it's polite, not only because we've all been indoctrinated by the patriarchy to need affirmation and try to help each other out with that, but usually, most of the time, because we just mean it. The biggest favor you can do to yourself is to learn to take a compliment. You're not exempt from being beautiful just because you're trans, and you don't have to pass for that, either. And honestly, it doesn't fucking matter if you get clocked or not when people are nice and respectful to you. There are people out there who don't mind if you are trans. Tons of them.

Like I'm pretty sure when a younger person gives me a random compliment out of nowhere it means I got clocked.

Why? Perhaps instead they just genuinely like whatever they complimented about you?

It is really stressful to start a job when fulltime like this though, hoping it goes well for you Fwiw, I found most people in a work environment (who aren't utter freaks anyway) won't want to linger on stuff like your gender and will move on without issue. Even working a blue collar job I didn't really have any troubles myself.

It's so nerve wracking starting a job and being out fully for the first time. Getting a bit of day to day comfort back will make things a lot less stressful. It's hard to start so many things at once. Hopeful for you