return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoHow do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?message-squaremessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1315arrow-down1message-squareHow do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square156fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehelmet91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoI can’t imagine stopping to work. If I retire, I’ll have no money. I cannot count on pension either. But I have an IT job, it’s just sitting in front of the computer all day; it’s not like a physical job I wouldn’t be able to do at old age.
minus-squareQuazatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·5 months agoJust wait until your eyesight fails you, and the joint that makes your mouse button click starts hurting. Things that you love to do after work (like playing video games) start to sound like chores.
minus-squarelearningduck@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoShit, the 2nd paragraph hit much earlier than that. It hit me even before my 30th bday
minus-squareQuazatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoYep, here I am suffering some pain on my right shoulder, wrist an index finger after yesterday’s small gaming session. Still, gotta Doom.
minus-squarehelmet91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months agoI’d rather pick that, than starve to death.
minus-squareQuazatron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoGoes without saying. Just take care of yourself and make sure you work for a living and not the other way around, that’s my motto.
minus-squareOpenPassageways@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI’m not planning on being able to have an IT job in my old age. Seems likely that ageism or economic factors will conspire to make sure I can’t. I’m planning on possibly involuntary retirement in my 50s.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·5 months agoIf you work IT and can’t envision having enough money saved to retire then you’re doing something wrong.
I can’t imagine stopping to work. If I retire, I’ll have no money. I cannot count on pension either.
But I have an IT job, it’s just sitting in front of the computer all day; it’s not like a physical job I wouldn’t be able to do at old age.
Just wait until your eyesight fails you, and the joint that makes your mouse button click starts hurting.
Things that you love to do after work (like playing video games) start to sound like chores.
Shit, the 2nd paragraph hit much earlier than that. It hit me even before my 30th bday
Yep, here I am suffering some pain on my right shoulder, wrist an index finger after yesterday’s small gaming session.
Still, gotta Doom.
I’d rather pick that, than starve to death.
Goes without saying.
Just take care of yourself and make sure you work for a living and not the other way around, that’s my motto.
I’m not planning on being able to have an IT job in my old age. Seems likely that ageism or economic factors will conspire to make sure I can’t. I’m planning on possibly involuntary retirement in my 50s.
If you work IT and can’t envision having enough money saved to retire then you’re doing something wrong.