Worked for 26 years at a small software company, which was acquired by private equity and eventually by a corporation. Stayed at the corporation for a couple of years, but really couldn't get along with my new management and don't think that working for a big public company is for me. In December we got our layoffs targets which wouldn't have been pretty and my team would be heavily affected. Tried to reason with the management for a while, that did not work out and then I volunteered to be let go so i can get my severance.
Not quite sure if i'm fully RE, for now I think of it as taking a break but I have a feeling reentering a workforce might be a challenge in my 50s. Maybe i will try consulting or building something of my own.
Married, no kids, NW ~ 8.5M invested, not counting the house which we fully own. Living in VHCL and planning to stay here for now, projected expenses ~250k a year which includes paying for health insurance and also for my mom's retirement home.
This was my first week of not working. Feels weird, will take some getting used to.