Yes, it's true. My mother was a COBOL programmer for nearly 30 years. She retired in 2012 and quickly got bored. I convinced her to consider contract work, to a

Yes, it's true. My mother was a COBOL programmer for nearly 30 years. She retired in 2012 and quickly got bored. I convinced her to consider contract work, to ask for the sky - short-term contract, 100% remote, lots of money, etc. She got a ton of offers. However, she dismissed them all. The process convinced her that she was really retired, and was never, ever going back to work, no matter how much money was involved.