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What is a good second career? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The wife and I are getting older. We have been working for decades at this point. But we are too young to retire, and we had kids late. But one of us could totally switch over to a lower stress second career. Ideally something with benefits, maybe even a chance to get a pension. And since we still have kids, needs to be flexible. One of our kids has autism, so lots of random doctors appointment and stuff.
We both work with computers all day. What are some good options for a second career that doesn't need to have long term growth potential. We have 8 years where ideally both of us are working so we can cover each other with benefits if something happens. After that, the kids are out of high school at least. So it isn't like it would be a "short" term career/job. Just not a 30 year thing. And ideally, something that could at least partially be done at home.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Learn to fix things: get small a set of good tools (don't bother buying cheap ones because they break easily and will also break the things you're fixing) andthen practice with stuff from friends and family first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Conversely, go the harbor freight route. If you use it until it wears out then upgrade.

I don't know how much money there is in fixing things though? Between hard to find parts, general lack of repairability, and the fairly low cost of new it doesn't seem like there's much opportunity there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Conversely, go the harbor freight route. If you use it until it wears out then upgrade.

If you have a faulty wrench you'll strip your bolts and turn your next hour into a nightmare. It's objectively better to get a small set of essential quality tools and expand your game later.

I don't know how much money there is in fixing things though?

Well, there are still things that are worth repairing and need constant maintenance, like bicycles and guitars. If you specialyze you'll always have clients.