On (P)retirement Someone asked me the other day why I decided not to go back to work at age 60. "How did you get there? What planning did you do for early retirement?" My answer was simple: there was no real planning, it just happened. A little backstory Most of my friends would not be surprised to hear that I have a fairly checkered work history in IT, bouncing between jobs every 2-3 yeas or so. I originally got a Bachelor's in MechE in Texas (after realizing my eyesight disqualified me for Navy aviation) and got a manufacturing engineering job right out of university (and later an MBA from Quinnipiac University). That first job was OK job but career success suffered from my being constantly distracted by my fixation with amateur motorsports (convinced I would soon enough convert that to a professional motorsports career...natch). That distraction eventually led to a layoff about three years later followed by a move from Texas to Connecticut in a (frankly silly) pursuit ...
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