Momanohedhunter
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- #61
as a post war population boom you guys had two things working for you - a massively expanding marketplace and a previous generation that had been, to some extent, decimated.
so no, you guys didn't have to wait your turn. there was nobody in front of you with 30 years of experience who just won't fucking retire and let everyone else move up the chain. There was no expectation of experience for every damn job.
(you do realize that i'm being a bit facetious, but only a bit, right?)
Yes, I do realize you are........but I lived it and you are wrong. In fact, in the office next door to mine is an exec in his late 70's. I first met him back when I was hired in 1981 and he was already an exec back then. I sure wish he'd retire and get out of my way. I've only got another decade I plan to work.
My experience with the "old guys" who hang in there has been that they never really developed any outside interests and their work is all they have and without it they wouldn't know what to do with their time.
I retired just about 10 years ago at 51. I can't tell you how many people ask me "what do you do all day long?"
I bet you dont watch TV and drink beer all day. Surely you have something to do, fishing, hunting, crafts of some kind ? No one just retires and does nothing do they ?