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Re:Quitting the Rat Race by bradly on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:12PM (#34415212)
> Did you leave where you were living and retire to some other area? We did not.

My job was great. I was working from home (precovid), my manager always did his best to unblock me if I was blocked and let me go if I was going. My biggest fear was not liking being retired and having to come back to a worse job somewhere else.

Also, my friends and family are not in tech. My income to them was very significant.

> It’s hard to imagine finding anyone who isn’t supportive of retiring early and is actually your friend.

They do love me, that I know, but we've been indoctrinated with what success is in the u.s..

Re:Quitting the Rat Race by bradlys on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @02:43PM (#34417643)
I have a lot of friends not in tech and even they were supportive and understood.

That said - I had absolutely terrible (toxic) jobs that most people couldn’t last even half the time I was at.