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> Do I want to work until I'm 65 What else are you going to do? If every form of “work” you encounter is just a means to an end, then I guess I can understand.
by jkhdigital 5y ago
> Do I want to work until I'm 65
What else are you going to do? If every form of “work” you encounter is just a means to an end, then I guess I can understand. But don’t underestimate how much you might change personally in 10-15 years, and how much enjoyment you might find in the future forms of work you engage with.
- icedchai 5y agoIt's not an all or nothing option. You can work part time. Ideal for me would be 2 to 3 days a week.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoHow? Where? I don't see anyone offering part time work that pays worth a damn and certainly nothing with healthcare.
- icedchai 5y agoYou could do contract / freelance work. You’d have to pay healthcare yourself.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoPart time? Like, really actually part time? Once you factor in all the time finding paying clients?
- icedchai 5y agoProbably not. I've had some projects that went on for months, about 20 hours/week. Not recently though.
- eropple 5y agoYMMV, but when I was a consultant (which was great in my twenties, I worked three days a week) I mostly partnered with local consultancies who needed specialists in particular fields for this or that. A little staff aug in there too, but again for specialty stuff. They took about a 30% vig all-in-all off the top and they kept me full-up on work as much as I'd wanted.
- coldtea 5y ago>What else are you going to do? Like, live? Or do you believe if you don't passionately "change the world" by working at some BS startup/FAANG you don't really live?