A week retired, hiking in the English countryside, sketching, listening to Miles Davis. I didn't loathe my job, I had a good employer and the work was stress free, I was, however, bored...so bored of meetings, of colleagues talking about servers and strategies and IT projects I no longer cared about. So I was glad to say goodbye and regret nothing whatsoever.
I had reached the stage where I could say things in meetings like, "We tried that 20 years ago; sadly, it didn't work. We could try it again, but we will encounter these problems --- anyone got a solution". Things start coming around.
Nick - thanks for sharing. Like with science, it’s pretty natural to continue activity in the early stage tech startup scene even after retiring! Many of my colleagues have a pretty similar experience to yours. The only issue is that there is ageism in tech, and there are also potential issues with skills going out-of-date.
We had the ageism issue and needed to update our skills. My science skills needed to be updated before I finished my first degree. Things move fast. On my science YouTube channel, I am just finishing a video on the biggest changes I saw in my career (this was in response to a question from a viewer). It is amazing to look back and see how much things have changed.
A week retired, hiking in the English countryside, sketching, listening to Miles Davis. I didn't loathe my job, I had a good employer and the work was stress free, I was, however, bored...so bored of meetings, of colleagues talking about servers and strategies and IT projects I no longer cared about. So I was glad to say goodbye and regret nothing whatsoever.
I had reached the stage where I could say things in meetings like, "We tried that 20 years ago; sadly, it didn't work. We could try it again, but we will encounter these problems --- anyone got a solution". Things start coming around.
Keep enjoying the retirement and the hiking.
Nick - thanks for sharing. Like with science, it’s pretty natural to continue activity in the early stage tech startup scene even after retiring! Many of my colleagues have a pretty similar experience to yours. The only issue is that there is ageism in tech, and there are also potential issues with skills going out-of-date.
I wrote about this on my Substack here.
https://open.substack.com/pub/retiredpdx/p/a-different-retirement-journey?r=490wha&utm_medium=ios
We had the ageism issue and needed to update our skills. My science skills needed to be updated before I finished my first degree. Things move fast. On my science YouTube channel, I am just finishing a video on the biggest changes I saw in my career (this was in response to a question from a viewer). It is amazing to look back and see how much things have changed.
Cool. Please post when your video goes up! Sounds interesting!