u/elementninety3

I thought this was an interesting and good read from 20 years ago, written by someone who retired early after working in software:

I first read this a while ago but it just came back up the other day. Some things that stood out in particular:

The idea that "once you're retired, your only job is to be happy" as sort of a dangerous trap was interesting. Also the point that much of your life will continue to be boring/mundane/you'll still have chores to do, but there might be pressure to feel like you should be happy all the time because you're retired
His advice against working with non-profits is also interesting. Wonder how much that's changed in 20 years. I definitely think the section on teaching probably doesn't apply as much...
Giving kids $1 for every $X they earn is an interesting approach to passing along money to children