Work is work and always has it's plusses and minuses. But, yes, even if the tech cycle isn't terrible at the moment (e.g. dot-bomb nuclear winter) it's definit

Work is work and always has it's plusses and minuses. But, yes, even if the tech cycle isn't terrible at the moment (e.g. dot-bomb nuclear winter) it's definitely down. I somewhat regret effort and money I put in a couple of years ago to get myself setup to do various stuff post "retirement" because, while I haven't exactly been beating the bushes, opportunities haven't been falling off trees either.