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supernova

(39,345 posts)
5. Thank you.
Sat Dec 10, 2011, 05:42 PM
Dec 2011

I'm glad your friend is enjoying the training. I wish him/her well.

My goal is to have something I can build up even while "retired." I doubt anybody my age or younger will ever "retire" in the sense that my parents and even my older (10+ years) siblings will. I probably sounded bitter, and a part of me is. But I'm more perplexed I think than anything else.

I've come to see myself as a sort of canary in the coal mine. I'm the early wave of many who will be forced to seek new careers as the corporate noose grows ever tighter. I realized trying to stay in my previous career would only delay the inevitable change anyway. So, why not change when I have the drive to do so?

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Tell me why you are here. [View all] rbnyc Dec 2011 OP
I am here.... CherokeeDem Dec 2011 #1
Do you specialize in a particular industry? rbnyc Dec 2011 #2
I am changing careers supernova Dec 2011 #3
A friend of mine... rbnyc Dec 2011 #4
Thank you. supernova Dec 2011 #5
I am also a 49-year-old former technical writer. Chef Eric Dec 2012 #19
Because it is time to go back to work mama Dec 2011 #6
I'm 51. AngryOldDem Dec 2011 #10
They Won't Tell You It's Age labbydog Jan 2012 #16
I plan to check in every now and again. AngryOldDem Dec 2011 #7
I'm not just saying this... rbnyc Dec 2011 #8
I had a former boss who suggested grant writing. AngryOldDem Dec 2011 #9
I am looking to change careers. backtoblue Dec 2011 #11
I'm always telling people... rbnyc Jan 2012 #13
Basically, to gripe and make a fool out of myself DaveJ Dec 2011 #12
Yikes. rbnyc Jan 2012 #14
Yeah at some point, I parted ways with normality DaveJ Jan 2012 #15
Existentially speaking... cbrer Feb 2012 #17
Great answer. rbnyc Feb 2012 #18
Agree...:) GMR Transcription Dec 2012 #20
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