Nerf Herder
Wheel size expert
So Retirement Job
I remember my first management role ... I was about 32 ... and my team comprised of an actuary (older than Moses) an Analyst ( 25ish) and an Accountant (25ish) Being Asian, I treated the Actuary (who was effectively my predecessor in the role) like my grandad or respected elder. I deferred to him whenever I didn’t care enough what the outcome of a decision was ... so we all got along. That said, It stuck with me that he was in his retirement role ... when I left for another company. He eventually retired and within weeks died.
the death part isn’t a focus of this discussion ... but I have met several people like this ... work defined them, gave them purpose ... retirement was the end, not the start. Sad but understandable.
I’ve been focused on the future for sometime now and I see I’ll be working for another 15 to 20years.
I’d like to keep working in some capacity (more mental less physical) until I can no longer move. (Be interesting to look back at this if still around in +10years).
I don’t think I’m in my retirement job as I know it will change several times prior to retirement ... but I think this is what I want to do until I retire.
What about you?
- job you think you will be in when you retire ... whenever that may be
- you are no longer interested in changing roles so may as well be the retirement job.
- your age doesn’t really matter ... but be interesting to see how long you think you will be in this role for.
I remember my first management role ... I was about 32 ... and my team comprised of an actuary (older than Moses) an Analyst ( 25ish) and an Accountant (25ish) Being Asian, I treated the Actuary (who was effectively my predecessor in the role) like my grandad or respected elder. I deferred to him whenever I didn’t care enough what the outcome of a decision was ... so we all got along. That said, It stuck with me that he was in his retirement role ... when I left for another company. He eventually retired and within weeks died.
the death part isn’t a focus of this discussion ... but I have met several people like this ... work defined them, gave them purpose ... retirement was the end, not the start. Sad but understandable.
I’ve been focused on the future for sometime now and I see I’ll be working for another 15 to 20years.
I’d like to keep working in some capacity (more mental less physical) until I can no longer move. (Be interesting to look back at this if still around in +10years).
I don’t think I’m in my retirement job as I know it will change several times prior to retirement ... but I think this is what I want to do until I retire.
What about you?