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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry. This is a bad situation. Can he retire and then maybe lecture at a community college or such?[/quote]

Why would he do this? That seems like the worst thing to do financially.  And it's not easy to lecture at a CC (besides crap pay and no benefits).[/quote]

Also retire at 55?! I'm 45 now and my lord if I had to retire and become a community college lecturer in 10 years I would also have to move out of my house, sell my pets (dog forbid), and beg for food. Do you know what cc lecturers make? A couple thousand per semester if they are lucky. JFC. I mean I hope OP's dad saved more for retirement during his first years in the workforce than I did, and wouldn't be quite in that position - but retire at 55?! That's 15 years early.

You said he works in marketing? I work in communications. I get LinkedIn job ads almost every day for people who work in comms and marketing.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/marketing-jobs/

I work remotely for a nonprofit. There are other remote jobs as well, where age isn't as much of an issue as it might be if you were on site.

It's also possible to earn a good living as a self-employed comms or marketing professional. (Or to at least bring in some $$ while job hunting.) I would recommend joining a group called Freelance Success - terrible name, great and helpful group. During the periods I've gone back to freelancing, I have found it to be invaluable for sharing leads, markets, marketing ideas, etc etc etc. It's like $99 a year to join and worth every penny.[/quote]

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