I have the option of retiring with 20 yrs of NYS retirement benefits, however having working in the private sector for most of my career. I am 60 yrs old, not irreplaceable, however I am the only one who wants to do the distasteful job of supporting the software and servers for the county’s 911 system and (unpopular) sheriff and his dept. It is honestly like playing whack a mole and the user population is less than savvy to put it mildly. Currently I come into the office to do hands on hardware issues (imaging from W7 to W10)
I had originally planned, had the President been in until 2024, to go back to my original career (which I was forced out of due to my former gov’t employer’s persecution; I was a whistleblower for fraud) of real estate, obtain a RE license once again, become a broker and do property management but now not so sure.
Hubs has his own job but obviously health care plan will be lost until I turn 65; he is stb 53 so has a much longer wait and has shoulder problems from years of working in construction. His ex-shrew is still on the payroll as his youngest is not yet 21 (yep “child” support goes to 21 automatically here in blue NYS).
We have one rental property duplex (with the eviction moratoriums, kind of shaky; not planning to buy any investment property other than to flip) and we still have a mortgage payment on our own house.
WWYD?
NYS will not be a good place to be. NY and CA will be the tip of the spear for the “new” future of communism.