Or just taking a sabbatical. I know a fair number of people who have retrained at University for another career, for example. Most of them weren't independentl

Or just taking a sabbatical. I know a fair number of people who have retrained at University for another career, for example. Most of them weren't independently wealthy - they'd just saved up enough to be able to afford to go to university for a year. Edit: that's exactly what Jennifer says she's been doing, above - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6098083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6098083