It's a fuzzy line between "retiring" and "quitting to do something else" when nothing else a software engineer might want to do is likely to provide more than a

It's a fuzzy line between "retiring" and "quitting to do something else" when nothing else a software engineer might want to do is likely to provide more than a quarter to a third of the income they are used to. Second careers I have witnessed include: yoga instructor, aerial-performance studio operator, author & public speaker, eco-village manager, photographer, carpenter. Second careers I have considered include: fashion designer, boutique drum-machine manufacturer, and DJ - but while I have taken a couple of long sabbaticals over the years, software keeps drawing me back. I don't suppose I will ever really quit.