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I would personally avoid restaurants due to the margins, staffing problems, etc. It’s a headache with high risk of failure. I’m sure you could go back to school and be a nurse, but what’s the cost/timing/payoff. Handyman could be great. You could also go to BizBuySell (I think) and see what businesses are for sale in your area.
Personally, I’d head off to Portugal or somewhere lower cost and retire.
@D1 or OP: My experience from similar situation as yours, is try hard enough with determination and you will succeed. I had exact same situation and still in it but about to turn corner in next 14 days. I m sure if I can, so to you. Have a good weekend. Think of retirement only once you are genuinely past that stage and have absolute no interest or hunger left
Before giving up, try eliminating all but the last 20 years of experience from your resume and LinkedIn. Also, remove education dates.
I can't guarantee it will work, but it sure helped me get interviews during my last job search.
I decided to pick up daytrading. Granted it's not for everyone.
How did you get into it? Any recommended trainings?
I assume learning curve is step and costly. Any tips will be appreciated
How about Independent Consulting?
I’m with you. Independent consulting isn’t for everyone, relationships are the hardest part. Have you considered starting a business with partners?
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Nurse would be good
Are you any good as a handyman? It’s super hard making ends meet doing that, but you can add a couple hundred bucks a week (or more) fairly easy if you’re in a suburban area.
If you can actually do a trade, you can make some real money. The house painter in my neighborhood has a nicer house than I do. Him and his team did an awesome job at my house, but it was still just four guys for two days with ~$5-600 in supplies and it cost me almost $10k. He probably paid his guys $1,500, leaving him with a massive profit. And he’s booked weeks in advance, had to call in a favor to even get him.
Whoops, misremembered. I thought it would be $10k, was $6500. Still, dude made around $4k from two days and we weren’t his only job.
$6500 was actually a great price, I have a 4200sq ft house with a 20ft ceiling in an open living room. Not an easy job.
Feels like me except I’m older
I hear you about government contract IT jobs where you need gov clearance as a good option?
Have you tried to switch from healthcare IT to something else? Cyber? Workingvwith scads systems? Money in that.
Supervisory control and data acquisition they are systems used to control amusement park rides dams hydraulic pumps power plants etc
Depends on passive income to expenses/cost ratio, net worth, network, willingness to work again
I'm considering going into the cannabis industry working in the business office or wellness consultant. It's a growing field. I'm nearing 60 and thinking about walking away from my high stress consulting job but can't quite quit and travel the world yet.
When you smoke mary you prob don’t think about “transferable skills” you just gently glide from current job to the cannabis job
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