I'm not much younger than you and almost everything you've written about your life applies to me too. Except for this sentence: > I don't even have to work if

I'm not much younger than you and almost everything you've written about your life applies to me too. Except for this sentence: > I don't even have to work if I don't want to anymore. I'm in awe of IT professionals who have really made good money. I worked in academia for most of my life, and have always been of the opinion that we are paid really, really comfortably. But to able to pretty much retire in my mid-50s? That's science fiction.