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Older tech workers are tapping out, taking early retirement (www.seattletimes.com)
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[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Bingo. It's been very interesting watching family members retire. You can get very good at seeing which ones will thrive and which won't. Some don't even really retire- they keep getting part time jobs, etc. because they never developed the hobbies that they could now lean into.