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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just chiming in on this thread to point out that some of us do many of the jobs mentioned here you all refer to as “fun retirement” jobs as our main careers/ sources of income. If you do actually decide to do this work, please be mindful of professional rates and not come into a field and charge far less. Our children and livelihoods depend on it. 
Thanks. 
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I’m not trying to be mean, but if your job is easy enough to be considered for a “fun retirement job” then maybe the market just doesn’t support a wage high enough to support a family for that particular job.

If your job is not in fact easy and fun, then the problem will fix itself when the retirees find out what a grind it is in real life and they quit.

Market forces are all around us and you can’t blame individuals for doing what works for them. For example, some lifeguard jobs around me pay more than $15 an hour. However, the teens all want to work at our neighborhood pool because it is easier and nicer than working at the Reston Water Mine or heaven forbid a Rec center pool. So they happily take minimum wage and work at our neighborhood pool.[/quote]

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