This is the saddest comment I’ve seen on this forum, bar none |
Makes sense. Different strokes. NP |
I love to build things and learn new industries, products, hot topics. Once built and I know it. I get bored and move. Right now into AI. I love to disrupt and build teams. I insert myself every new industry, product or crisis at start and jump jobs. I also willing to relocate. The people or product once learned I move on. I love a crisis! Y2K, 9-11, Financial Crash, Mortgage crisis or new stuff. Crypto, FinTech, AI, Cyber. I jump in get a big paycheck then 12-36 month on to next. My problem as soon as I stop I am dead. Hence I don’t care about coworkers and company it is all a temp thing. So retirement would be a living hell. Most men who retire die within 2-5 years. Or I retire. My old boss was forced retired at 65 his publicly traded company and un-retired at 70. He is now 80 and CEO of a company he founded at 70 and now has 5,000 employees. It was depressing he said. |
65, I know it’s not in $ but that will be when we qualify for Medicare. We have having some unforeseen health issues so retirement will be sooner than we anticipated. We’ll probably downsize to a smaller place once we find a residential solution for our severely disabled child since our other child is launched. So the number will be close to $10 mil including our home. |
Why do you say that? |
$4 million |
75-85 is when most people seem to die. Look at the News. Joe Leiberman just died, 82. Everytime someone rich and/or famous dies, it just validates my thesis that most people die between 75-85. And literally everyone I've met that's over 90 is better off dead than alive. |
I think you need to take into consideration how long your parents and grandparents lived. With advances in medicine, people are frequently living longer than the previous generation. |
I'm 'retired' at 60. More unemployed than retired although I don't need the money from employment to make a meaningful change in my QOL for the remainder of my life. I've always managed people or processes since the time i was 25 and most of the jobs that are available when you fall off the wagon post-50 are hands on work on a contract basis or really lower level ones, especially if you are not White AND connected. Not interested in reporting to someone who would normally have been several levels below me.. rather not work that put up with that crap. |
I understand that pov, but I bet these rich/famous people have way more access to those advances in medicine and other solutions than you and I and yet.. Agree on looking at your parents' age at death.. probably more relevant than your GPs. I'd say, pick the parent you are most similar to and add another 5 years to account for the medical advances and subtract whatever you need to for lifestyle deficiencies. I bet it still puts most people in the 75-85 range. My comment on the 90+ population still stands. Have/had several in my close family, including as care provider and for most of them, I'd rather be dead than be in their shoes. |
More than $12M apparently |
$10-12M |
I agree. In his case, his dad lived to 95. His mom died in an accident at 60. But my response was more to PP’s assertion that her uncle is health and got a lot time post retirement despite retiring later in life. I am sure my dad assumed he would also get more time. |
$20 million |
Well then it works for both sides. |