I may have said that by 2015 (end of support life for VFP9) I should be retired. That would make me 68. Probably this was more influenced by my wife the retired (for 10 years) school teacher. And the mostly retired people who I consider to be my friends.
I like what I do with programming and computer related activities. But being in business for myself, I can also take time to do other things as well. Like Whil I don't "work" 8 to 5. I've been at customer sites till 2 and 3 am to solve some problem so they could work the next day. I remember the 22 hour day, one of my associates and I put in to move a customer from one location to another. We shut all sytems down at 10 am one morning and didn't leave the new location until 8am the next morning so people could carry on. I also get to take 2 or 3 weeks off when I want to go to someplace I haven't been to before. My kids are grown up, half married, the other half not and living all over North America. I can take a day off to 'Veg' out or offer my help to some one who doesn't need anything computer related. Retire in the sense of getting out of working with computers, probably not while I'm still alive. Retire in the sense of retiring into something else, perhaps. But retire and do nothing, I think not. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 7:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] What's this nonsense about retiring from IT? > > > > > - I don't see 'retire' as a true/false proposition. What it's about > > these days (and what I'm working towards) is a gradual wind-down. > > I agree, sort of - in that retire isn't a true/false issue. Anymore than > I separate 'work' and 'non-work' into tightly compartmentalized parts of > the day. I know some folks who wouldn't think of touching a computer or > talking to a customer outside of 8 to 5. I'm not one of them. > > "Work" is part of what I do, part of my life, just like being a dad, > working out, reading trashy spy novels, and going to the grocery store. > I don't segment writing code or editing a chapter into narrow segments > of time. I do them when I want to, just like I goof around with my kids > and go to the grocery store and ride my bike when I want to. > > Subject to the needs and responsibilities that each of these things > entails, of course. I go to choir concerts when I'd rather be working on > that chunk of code that is looking so good right now... and I stay in > and finish up an installation or the chapter of a book when I'd rather > be outside with the kids. > > > - Do I want to wind down? Yes. Not because I'm tired of what I do but > > because life has many other options. And my wife and I have reached the > > stage where we have no obligations (such as raising children etc...) and > > have the opportunity to explore those. > > So... yes, life has many other options, I agree. I don't view those > other options as mutually exclusive to work. I guess I could work more. > And I could work less. All I know is that 'work' needs to be in quotes. > <s> > > Whil > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
