Grandkids, security, get-out-of-the-house
When I was 14 I sold Good Humor, carrying a cooler filled with dry ice and ice cream bars, making 3ยข cents on each bar I sold in the hot sun on Rockaway Beach. Senior engineer pay, even with inflation, feels like free money.
You and, to a lesser extent, I probably share an unhealthy addiction to work and for many of the same reasons.