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Dan

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3. My thoughts exactly

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:07 PM

Sunday

When I retired at the end of 2018 - it had been a total of 38 years not counting college of work in IT. The last two years I had nothing left and was just coasting. There was no way I would do a part time job after retirement because the energy of supporting, memorizing and early morning calls was just too much. And the sacrifices you have to make over the course of your career to keep up with changes, it just never seemed to end. But a career well chosen.

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I'd say programming, and all of its related fields would still be hot. A whole wave of programmers etc. have retired SWBTATTReg Sunday #2

My thoughts exactly Dan Sunday #3

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