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> All this calamity for this family of 10 came from bad planning. This guy had a career that would have likely lasted until retirement, but he took a risk and quit it. That was a smallish risk, not nearly the risk he took while in his next job.

To be fair his career would have quit him shortly after he quit it. The industry changed.




True but remember being in the game makes a whole lot difference, than entering it after a break. To add to that you are old so you are facing age discrimination issues.

If he had stuck to his job, he would atleast noticed the change in trends so could have changed to something better.




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