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I think easing out of work is important. My dad 'retired' at 67 and instantly got hired back as a consultant on an hourly basis. He then spent the next 3 or s

by dagw 5y ago

I think easing out of work is important. My dad 'retired' at 67 and instantly got hired back as a consultant on an hourly basis. He then spent the next 3 or so years slowly cutting down his hours until he was only working ~20-30% at which point he felt ready quit.

mathattack 5y ago
Similar. My old man went back to his old job as a consultant. It was supposed to be 20 hours a week and quickly turned into 40. Then he gradually reduced over time.
- ghaff 5y ago
  Probably my ideal thing would be some project-based (non-dev) consulting that wasn't too many hours and that let me disappear for a month here and there. I'm not sure I could really count on that though--especially without a lot of beating of bushes--which leads me to put in a bit more time while I easily can.
  - mathattack 5y ago
    There’s a market for snowbirds who work half the year. You just have to be Visibly Very Good at something.
renerthr 5y ago
Newbie here. What is a consultant? What are the education or job experience reqs to be able to properly call yourself a consultant?
- dagw 5y ago
  A consultant is basically anyone who is paid by the hour/day to works on projects and isn't employed by the company whose project they're working on. Generally the difference between a consultant and a contractor is kind of diffuse, but basically a consultant has more autonomy and is expected to offer advice and guidance based on their experience, while a contractor is expected more to just implement a plan given to them. But as I said it's very diffuse and many people use the term contractor and consultant interchangeably. As to what it requires, literally just that you can convince someone to pay you money for you to give them advice. Often a consultant will have a lot of experience in a specific area and will be brought on by companies that need help and expertise in that area for a specific project, but don't want to hire an expert full time. There are also consulting companies that employ people and hire them out to other companies as consultants. At which point you just get a regular salary from your employer and the company you are hired out to pays your employer for the hours you work.

by dagw 5y ago

mathattack 5y ago

Similar. My old man went back to his old job as a consultant. It was supposed to be 20 hours a week and quickly turned into 40. Then he gradually reduced over time.

ghaff 5y ago
Probably my ideal thing would be some project-based (non-dev) consulting that wasn't too many hours and that let me disappear for a month here and there. I'm not sure I could really count on that though--especially without a lot of beating of bushes--which leads me to put in a bit more time while I easily can.
- mathattack 5y ago
  There’s a market for snowbirds who work half the year. You just have to be Visibly Very Good at something.

renerthr 5y ago

Newbie here. What is a consultant? What are the education or job experience reqs to be able to properly call yourself a consultant?

dagw 5y ago
A consultant is basically anyone who is paid by the hour/day to works on projects and isn't employed by the company whose project they're working on. Generally the difference between a consultant and a contractor is kind of diffuse, but basically a consultant has more autonomy and is expected to offer advice and guidance based on their experience, while a contractor is expected more to just implement a plan given to them. But as I said it's very diffuse and many people use the term contractor and consultant interchangeably. As to what it requires, literally just that you can convince someone to pay you money for you to give them advice. Often a consultant will have a lot of experience in a specific area and will be brought on by companies that need help and expertise in that area for a specific project, but don't want to hire an expert full time. There are also consulting companies that employ people and hire them out to other companies as consultants. At which point you just get a regular salary from your employer and the company you are hired out to pays your employer for the hours you work.