re: How old were you when you found your job you would retire at

Found it at 29(I’m now 41).

My hospital is grandfathered into a state retirement fund. I’m now fully vested into it.

I’m not going anywhere...having a pension is rare.

Eta: I also enjoy my job now and have good job security.

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How old were you when you found your job you would retire at

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Honestly I thought my first job out of college was going to be it for me, and probably would have been if I didn’t have kids. The schedule just wasn’t conducive to having a family.

After leaving there it took 8 years and 3 jobs to find what I have now and again I think it will last a long time.

Took my job straight out of college and I love it

Project Manager and Facility design. Something new every day. I don’t see myself leaving

30 years old

30. I was a firefighter after not being able to find much work that I really liked to do with my degree. Had my first child at 28 and it really made me think about if I wanted to keep doing something so dangerous with a child depending on me to raise her into adulthood.

So I started aggressively saving up some capital and talking to people that worked in machining which I was doing as a side job. I lucked out and met my business partner who had the same idea to open his own shop that I did. He had the connection to the business side people and I had the technical machining knowledge. He ended up getting us a nice contract with a medical device company after we pooled the cash to lease a small building and a couple machines in there. We have since purchased our own facility and tripled the number of machines and have a great crew of hardworking, smart people here. Our bread and butter is still medical devices but we have gotten a couple certifications and have been branching into some firearms stuff as well as some machining of premade castings that go into sewer and water works infrastructure for some local counties.

It was the most terrified I've ever been at first because I put every dime I had ever saved into this and borrowed a shitload more to get us up and keep us running the first few years. I wasn't sure if we were going to make it at times, but now, I can't imagine what my life would look like if I didn't pull the trigger on such a big change. It's been well worth it.

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If you aren't part of the family, you're nothing. Been there.


I disagree with this. It may be true for the majority of family owned businesses, but not all.

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Completely agree... Worked for one where you could never move up, no matter how you compared to family. Where I'm at now, it's like the whole company is a family and everyone is treated equal and feel like their opinion matters just as much.

The job I do I found at 25 years old. The company I work for now that I will retire with I was 38 when I found it.

26, soon to be 27 and plan on being in my new found role at least 10 years.

4 states in 5 years is enough for the moment. Maybe if something at Oschner opens down the line, I could be persuaded to move

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