> >> >> > >>
> >> >JosephKK wrote in
> >> >news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
> >> >
> >> >> > >> >>
> >> >[snip]
> >> >>> ... For
> >> >>>all of the fancy stuff that schools *supposedly* teach, I see less and
> >> >>>less evidence of basic knowledge, basic thinking skills, and basic
> >> >>>coping skills...
> >> >>
> >> >> Gee, i have been complaining about this for only 30 years or so.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Heh ;)
> >> >Only I do think it's getting worse.
> >>
> >> It looks to me that it will get worse for about another 20 years. And
> >> more and more retirees will un-retire.
> >
> >What's wrong with "un-retiring"? When I retired I knew it was to go
> >on to do what *I* wanted to do, or not. No more need to make the
> >boss happy; time to find a place where we're both happy.
>
> So you semi-retired much like i plan to do. 10+ years there 20 or
> more years here that have some retirement value, then cut loose and
> hang out my own shingle.
Semi-retire, at least to me, means working less than 40hr work week or perhaps a "simple" (perhaps show-up) job. I "retired" in the sense that left the position I was in and took my pension (no reason not to). I have been contracting for a year and just started another permanent, full time, position with a small company. I get to put my hands on hardware again. ;-)
I thought about hanging out my own shingle, because I really don't need full time work. I tried contracting for a year and could have continued without much trouble. There is a *LOT* of work out there. Contracting was too hard on my wife though, and I didn't much care for apartment living either. The problem I had with "going solo" was the cost of the tools and licensing issues.