So, I'll speak as a recently retired principal engineer from big tech. (1) The number to reach is an inflection point where you can pivot and focus on things y

So, I'll speak as a recently retired principal engineer from big tech. (1) The number to reach is an inflection point where you can pivot and focus on things you don't like about work. For example, as much as I like architecting systems, I definitely don't like architecting through people which is what the job demands. A good question then is why do the climb at all, and there is a bit of disease of more in our culture. (2) Whatever you want! One of the reasons I retired was so that I could better balance time with my wife and work on my open source project: http://www.adama-lang.org/blog/retirement-going-all-in http://www.adama-lang.org/blog/retirement-going-all-in