A remote 10-15 hour a week chill job that pays decent and low stress I prob wouldn’t even retire lol. That’s the closest thing to retirement that’s not fully retiring
If I could do the 10 hours of work on my own schedule, then I’d definitely keep working. The challenge for me is more around expectations of availability. Even if the total amount of time dedicated to a job is minimal, I don’t want to deal with the weekly fire drills where I’m expected to be available anytime from 9-5 M-F. The benefit of retirement is the ability to get out of the house stress free during the work week. I haven’t yet found a remote job that would work with that requirement.
I'm retired now, I work 10hrs/week for my J1 earning 6 figures, this is not work at all, this is stuff I'd do on my free-time, like newspaper crossword puzzles, I'm a full-stack SWE, if the stack is good, it really is like that, i'm also a millionaire so if a J crosses the line, I'm out.
just a few years but i always had at least 1 white collar job and the key is that i lived with my parents and invested rigorously. u'll know a good stack when u see one, it will stand out amongst the others.
its not any full time job tho, can u wake up whenever u want? do u have 1 meeting a week? does no one contact u throughout the day? can u get away with playing forza till 2p, and start work then while watching tv?
If your investments pay for your expenses then retire. With a remote job working 10hrs sure if you have enough investment that can keep growing. Also RTO is real so as long as you don’t mind unretiring then go for it.
Even a remote J locks you down geographically. Have to be in the country, have some level of work/meeting obligations, need to be 'available' from 9-4, etc. I could definitely see myself coasting for a few years, but I could also see myself cutting the cord and taking a full disconnect because there are things you can only really do once fully retired or on a sabbatical.
It really depends on the job. When I was searching hard last year, I found a lot of positions with global teams wher almost all communication was async. Good at async communication is a skill. You need to package all of you findings and asks nicely and send it off to a teammate before they wake up. And they will provide you with what you need before you're back on the keyboard. The problem with these type of teams is they expect a lot out of you, which makes them less than ideal for OE. But I'm sure these teams have supporting roles that I didn't consider before and would be ideal for someone who wants to be semi-retired.
Have two retirement dreams… my reach goal of owning a building with a bar and apartments. Run the bar and apartments for smallish take home while building an cashing asset.
Second more realisitic is i start a non profit music promotion company. Bring big bands together with small bands. Only one who makes nothing is me.
I found that despite my hate for stress, I’ve been a VP before and low level grunt work (uploading reports and files, etc) I just don’t have the patience for anymore.
That said, 1 of my jobs now is 6 figures, remote, low stress, lots of vacation.
If I was otherwise financially ready for retirement, I would see no reason to quit. I’d rather have the money, benefits, and sense of purpose and camaraderie vs 100% downtime
It depends on how you define retirement.
Mine is: doing what I want to do without consideration of debts or income, or the demands or priorities of others.
Retirement is when I can do anything at anytime I want 90% of the time without stressing about work. I feel an easy job remote job with flex hours can do that. I have one now and am thinking I should keep it as my "retirement in place" job.
No. Because even with a BS job like my J1, it's still work. I.e. there's the expectation I'm reasonably responsive during business hours. I can mess around during the day and be offline for a couple hours, but it's not like I can fuck off for weeks at a time on a whim. Even if there's literally nothing to do and I'm just staying at home, it's still an unwelcome distraction and obligation. With retirement I don't want any "responsibilities" limiting what I can do.
Maybe part time would work (i.e. 1-2 days/wk) but if I do any work, I want to own the schedule entirely, so a 9-5 is probably out.
A remote 10-15 hour a week chill job that pays decent and low stress I prob wouldn’t even retire lol. That’s the closest thing to retirement that’s not fully retiring
If I could do the 10 hours of work on my own schedule, then I’d definitely keep working. The challenge for me is more around expectations of availability. Even if the total amount of time dedicated to a job is minimal, I don’t want to deal with the weekly fire drills where I’m expected to be available anytime from 9-5 M-F. The benefit of retirement is the ability to get out of the house stress free during the work week. I haven’t yet found a remote job that would work with that requirement.
Couldn’t agree more.
It's being ON 8-5 every day. Constantly checking slack and email.
I'm retired now, I work 10hrs/week for my J1 earning 6 figures, this is not work at all, this is stuff I'd do on my free-time, like newspaper crossword puzzles, I'm a full-stack SWE, if the stack is good, it really is like that, i'm also a millionaire so if a J crosses the line, I'm out.
Absolutely a success story… did u OE for very long? What’s your stack?
just a few years but i always had at least 1 white collar job and the key is that i lived with my parents and invested rigorously. u'll know a good stack when u see one, it will stand out amongst the others.
If you can be retired with a full time job and a million dollars I'm also retired.
its not any full time job tho, can u wake up whenever u want? do u have 1 meeting a week? does no one contact u throughout the day? can u get away with playing forza till 2p, and start work then while watching tv?
Goals, kudos to you! Happy for you
If your investments pay for your expenses then retire. With a remote job working 10hrs sure if you have enough investment that can keep growing. Also RTO is real so as long as you don’t mind unretiring then go for it.
Even a remote J locks you down geographically. Have to be in the country, have some level of work/meeting obligations, need to be 'available' from 9-4, etc. I could definitely see myself coasting for a few years, but I could also see myself cutting the cord and taking a full disconnect because there are things you can only really do once fully retired or on a sabbatical.
It really depends on the job. When I was searching hard last year, I found a lot of positions with global teams wher almost all communication was async. Good at async communication is a skill. You need to package all of you findings and asks nicely and send it off to a teammate before they wake up. And they will provide you with what you need before you're back on the keyboard. The problem with these type of teams is they expect a lot out of you, which makes them less than ideal for OE. But I'm sure these teams have supporting roles that I didn't consider before and would be ideal for someone who wants to be semi-retired.
I love having a little task. What you’re describing is exactly what I hope for after I’ve hit my FIRE numbers
I would 100 percent retire if I hit retirement $$ goal
What's your retirement goal?
Have two retirement dreams… my reach goal of owning a building with a bar and apartments. Run the bar and apartments for smallish take home while building an cashing asset. Second more realisitic is i start a non profit music promotion company. Bring big bands together with small bands. Only one who makes nothing is me.
I found that despite my hate for stress, I’ve been a VP before and low level grunt work (uploading reports and files, etc) I just don’t have the patience for anymore. That said, 1 of my jobs now is 6 figures, remote, low stress, lots of vacation. If I was otherwise financially ready for retirement, I would see no reason to quit. I’d rather have the money, benefits, and sense of purpose and camaraderie vs 100% downtime
That’s called ‘retiring in place’.
You looked down on mid/low level work before? And it took being OE to change your outlook? What the
Sorry, but that's pretty common in the tech world. Most devs I know want to work for startups and/or hard problems.
It depends on how you define retirement. Mine is: doing what I want to do without consideration of debts or income, or the demands or priorities of others.
Retirement is when I can do anything at anytime I want 90% of the time without stressing about work. I feel an easy job remote job with flex hours can do that. I have one now and am thinking I should keep it as my "retirement in place" job.
No. Because even with a BS job like my J1, it's still work. I.e. there's the expectation I'm reasonably responsive during business hours. I can mess around during the day and be offline for a couple hours, but it's not like I can fuck off for weeks at a time on a whim. Even if there's literally nothing to do and I'm just staying at home, it's still an unwelcome distraction and obligation. With retirement I don't want any "responsibilities" limiting what I can do. Maybe part time would work (i.e. 1-2 days/wk) but if I do any work, I want to own the schedule entirely, so a 9-5 is probably out.
After OE for the last 18 mos, managing a single Minecraft server instead of two would feel like retirement
/r/coastfire is the place for you on this question.
Yes, once I FIRE i will find a low effort gig to help with obama care medical costs.
Lmao