Botsie et al Continues to be an illuminating thread. Great story, Deepa. Humbling. makes me realize that I'm lucky to have so many choices. Good to continue the discussion with you offline too, Venkat. So many possibilities arise if we keep ourselves open to it.
Congratulations on your retirement, Bruce. I think you've hit the sweet spot with the transition time. I think that's what I'm heading for - work for few days a week. In addition to tech writing, I've been in the training/coaching/facilitation field, and that's where I might tie up with another consulting firm on a part-time basis. I might get a little less than if I work directly with companies, but they can take care of all the business/accounts angle and let me do the fun stuff. Without the night calls. :) Still trying to figure out what I can optimally do with content, if anything. Someone asked about the ideal corpus required for retirement. I think the financial planners on the list are better equipped to answer this Q., and you probably know this already, but at the simplest level, work out your running expenses for your desired lifestyle post-retirement: Regular monthly expenses + Emergency fund for home maintenance & medical + Extras (eating out, travel, shopping etc.) + Inflation Hypothetically, say that translates into 25K + 5K + 5K + 5K= 40K per month. Need to have a corpus that gives you this monthly amount with even conservative investments such as FDs. We're talking about a 8-10% ROI per annum. So, in this example, you need to have a corpus of 50 - 55 lakhs. If you have a good financial planner and a higher risk appetite, your returns can be higher. Hope this helps. Ah, the possibilities. Thanks Sandhya valsa On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Vinayak Hegde <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Biju Chacko <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've lived in small town Botswana, and it's not that difficult. > > Thats another good reason to call you botsie or maybe the original one. > > Thanks > Vinayak > >
