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As a software developer, it's easy to think you can continue coding and making money in your 70s, but it's not easy to predict your health. Or even how mentally active you can be.
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Doesn't matter much if you don't already millionaire. Simply 401K won't do it much in this day and age of economy. I lost all my 401K during the recession.
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I must be an exception...
I'm 54 y/o and if the US had national healthcare I'd retire immediately. As it stands... I'll retire in 5 years.
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I'd assume that you lived within your means, and also that you live in a low-cost town. Good for you.
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Nish Nishant wrote: I'd assume that you lived within your means Yes, but still managed to put our 2 children through university.
Nish Nishant wrote: that you live in a low-cost town That's kind of a misnomer. Usually folks who live in cities with higher costs get paid more. I've lived just south of Chicago my whole life, I could earn more $ if I worked in the city but I don't need the hassle.
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Nish Nishant wrote: there is no real expectation of retirement.
Agree. 100%
Nish Nishant wrote: Otherwise your standard of living will certainly fall.
Agree. 100%
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I think all the people on code-project should actively plan for retirement period. You cant spent your who life coding JavaScript for chirst sakes !!! Will drive you insane.. Plus the amount of bug and lack of documentation will drive you mad !
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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JavaScript seems like a fairly new language to me. Popular with the young. Proper languages have name mangling.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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On the contrary, keeping those neurons active by debugging those JavaScript code well beyond your retirement age is the key to keep you sane.
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wELL, i RETIRED AFTER HAVING A STROKE AND HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING PROJECTS EVER SINCE. sOME HAS BEEN FOR MY OWN AMUSEMENT, SOME HAS BEEN DEVELOPING PRODUCTS TO MARKET AND SOME HAS BEEN PROJECTS THAT CLIENTS HAVE COMMISSIONED. I'm still trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up.
When I was getting ready to retire, I also went back to grad school, which I'm finishing now after a 3 year delay due to my stroke!
When I stop working, it will be when I physically and mentally am not able to .
Until then, I've still got lots of copde to crank out and products to develop and languages to learn!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Ad astra - both ways!
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That's the spirit, but try to leave that CAPS LOCK key alone will you
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If you have somebody telling you what to do and when to do it means you are an employee:
- even if it's 'only part time'
- even 'on a contract' where they stipulate when and/or where you work (basically it's just part/full time work on a contract rather then on payroll)
Employed: 'we need you for X hours a week/on call, your tasks will be: X, Y and Z [to be completed by this-date]'
Retired: 'we need X, Y and Z, interested?' and you reply: 'give me a X months and I'll do X and Z.' (or alternatively you offer that to them before they ask.)
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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In Italy the only available retirement is the death.
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Tempting, but I already booked my Fly-Drive vacation in Sicily this year
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Enjoy!
Never been in Sicily myself.
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Not retired, but close to retirement age. I don't plan to retire. Programming is my hobby and I will code to the day I fall dead on top of my keyboard.
BTW, I have this Microsoft Natural keyboard (the original one from 1995), will take it with me to the grave.
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Leng Vang wrote: keyboard (the original one from 1995),
You probably have the same problem I do. (HP keyboard from '98) No PS/2 ports anymore! Thank god for adapters!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Leng Vang wrote: Microsoft Natural keyboard (the original one from 1995)
My grandfather had that keyboard. It always felt so weird to type on. That's the one with the bend in the middle, right?
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Leng Vang wrote: Programming is my hobby and I will code to the day I fall dead on top of my keyboard.
I am with you. For the last ten years, I have driven to Waco to play with my hobby for eight hours per day. The best part – they actually pay me for it. Unfortunately, they do not pay me well for it – I am working for a ".org" and a great pay scale is just not in the budget.
When I go home at night, I get to play rancher — the herd and the chicken flock have to be checked, watered and if Nature is not cooperating, fed. I get to relax and walk where I can almost totally turn off the sounds of civilization. My nearest neighbors and the nearest road are a tenth of a mile away. The nearest major road is a quarter of a mile away. The nearest highway is two miles away. These distances are all "as the crow flies." It really is, as the song goes:
The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.
Retirement??? Do you know how the farmer and rancher retirement party begins? The minister stands up, calls for silence and intones: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to celebrate the life of ...." In all seriousness, at Farm Bureau meetings, I am one of the "young guys" and I am almost 70!
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Heeja heeja ho !
But a farmers life would not suit me, I'm already tired of weeding our garden.
The reason is that it's a new garden and when we moved in our new house about a year ago the weeds had had their chance to grow into a meters high jungle ...
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RickZeeland wrote: But a farmers life would not suit me, I'm already tired of weeding our garden.
Thirty years ago, I would have agreed with you. At that point, I never expected to move to Texas. I got a job with a defense contractor and, after a while, they moved my family to Texas. We sold our three-bedroom house on a third of an acre and bought a ranch. We even had money left over. My wife and children bought a herd of goats — and suddenly we were into agriculture!
We all had a lot of learning to do. Not only did we have to learn how to care for the herd, but also the government rules, regulations and paperwork. We did not look back. My wife and both children have each earned a college degree in agriculture.
I quickly learned to love the wide open spaces. I now feel trapped and confined when I am in a city – even a small city such as Waco. I do not think I could ever go back to urban or even suburban living.
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© 2009, Rex Hammock
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The yellow rose of Texas is the only one for me
No, not true, Dutch tulips are nice too, going to take our folding bikes and make a biking trip in the NoordOostpolder through the tulip fields today.
Got to make the most of the beautiful weather while it lasts ...
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