From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 1/30/2026 12:27 PM, wmartin wrote:   
   > Not so sure about that...I seem to be getting far more hits/interest since I   
   > retired than I ever did when I wanted a job..!   
      
   That is a consequence of age/experience/workmanship.   
      
   Without dragging out the old saws about "youngsters", most employers/clients   
   want to KNOW they are going to get a job done, not just "started".  I've   
   been asked to cleanup/finish far too many jobs, over the years.  There   
   always seems to be some old client or friend-of-a-client trying to coax   
   you into "a little job" -- despite past experience teaching you that   
   "little jobs" are a year or more on the calendar!     
      
   I see my colleagues falling into three camps:   
   - reliant on work as an income source (usually folks who still feel some   
      financial obligation to their offspring OR who have developed expensive   
      hobbies, late in life and need the occasional "job" to finance those)   
   - unconstrained financially (able to pursue their own goals without the   
      need to cow-tow to a client/employer to remain "highly immersed" without   
      being subjected to IMPOSED time/money pressures or having someone ELSE   
      decide what should tickle their imagination)   
   - fully retired (some having a minor interest in keeping track of technology   
      but not as an immersive experience; reclaiming THEIR time as their own)   
      
   Most often, this being a progression that comes with time (age?) and level   
   of "satisfaction" with past accomplishments.   
      
   I find the third stage a bit scary to consider, wondering how all that   
   "other" time will be consumed.  But, see many folks transition to it   
   without too much complaint!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)