Wednesday, November 20, 2019

On-Call, something I will NOT miss in retirement

I'm sitting here listening to a network maintenance call after hours. Being on-call is DEFINITELY something I will not miss in retirement. After I retire, I look forward to being able to stay up late, get up late, and not be interrupted by a phone call in the middle of the night.

For the 22 years I have been at the California ISO, I have been on-call. Sometimes for weeks at a time. Luckily our on-call rotations are generally not a problem as we don't get calls. But, the very fact that we are on call causes some consternation as you are always expecting a call. And, while you are on call, there are things that you can't do and, you have to respond within an SLA to a call.

So, my personal on-call will start on 1-Jan-2020, but, hopefully, it will only be for fun.

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Retirement: Where do I go online?

Retirement is coming:

  • 45 calendar days
  • 22 work days
and I'm looking at my online presence. I'm wondering where I should stay and where I should be after retirement and what sort of presence I should maintain.

It's interesting after nearly 56 years of employment what adjustments should be made. I have been several places because of my employment and other places because of my non-work life.

At a minimum, I will need to change my status from employed to retired. I imagine there are other things which will have to be changed, including things I am "following". Many of these are related with my job and will probably not be relevant to my retired life. I also imagine I will be adding things as I get involved in them.

Then there are places which I wonder if I should be involved at all. For example, LinkedIn which is concerned with getting a new job. I will not be looking for that, hopefully, unless something goes really wrong with our finances. I know, right now, that I am actively pruning things which seem irrelevant to my next phase and may even drop my membership completely.

More as I get further along in the process.