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srdesigner | 1 year ago | on: For Many of America's Aging Workers, 'Retirement Is a Distant Dream'

Good comment. I would suggest if you get to the point where you want to really analyze your probability of success, you try one of the retirement modeling apps (I use and really like Boldin).

It was VERY eye opening for me in a good way. I have verified my results with several other sources. Its no guarantee of course, but I got some peace-of-mind from doing this.

srdesigner | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Former devs who can't get a job, what did you end up doing for work?

I am 61 and still working at a tech startup. I love startups. I do not have to work any more (not wealthy due to an exit, but I have enough with normal savings and investments to stop now.) In my line of work (not an engineer, but engineer adjacent, lol) it is unusual for someone my age to be employed- it's a young person's game. But I am fortunate because I have attributes that many lack, including extreme tolerance for ambiguity (at work, not at life.)

I work because I like it. I like being around smart people doing smart things. But in a couple of years, I will stop working and just spend time lifting weights, practicing bjj and painting.

srdesigner | 1 year ago | on: Bald eagles are thriving again after near extinction

I was part of the re-introduction program for Bald Eagles (coastal NC) and Peregrines (Mountains NC) and am extremely proud of that.

I lived on a mountain in NC with the hacking falcons and in a wildlife refuge in NC on the coast for the eagles.

Great memories feeding and tracking the fledglings.

srdesigner | 3 years ago | on: What Figma plans to do inside Adobe

The Affinity Suite of tools (competitors to PS, IL, ID) are very much great alternatives to the Adobe ecosystem. Pricing is significantly less too.

srdesigner | 3 years ago | on: Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]

You will likely really enjoy Super70sSports on Twitter.

srdesigner | 4 years ago | on: Paper Airplane Designs

Thank you for linking to the thread from 3 years ago. Somehow I had missed that one. Good to see the game "The greatest paper airplanes" referenced there. I was the original designer on that game (and others) for KittyHawk Software.

Good memories!